The plot thickens. The fault is in the fan. The harness provides 12v properly and the wires aren't crossed on the connector. The yellow wire on the harness connects to the blue wire on the fan. I connected a spare main cooling fan and it runs in the right direction and flows the right direction.
Here's the strange part. A while back, my dad's main cooling fan failed And we replaced the motor. We got the fan from a respected Miata salvage parts vendor, too. I guess they got a fan from some other car that had blades that turned the opposite direction, since all we did was to transplant the fan blades from the failed motor to the new one. I had forgotten about this tidbit when I posted about this originally. I plan to contact the vendor privately to let them know that they may want to be more careful. For now, I will just install my spare fan in his car..... After we get the new radiator, that is. --------------------------- Chad Douglas Sent from my iPhone On Apr 26, 2010, at 2:30 PM, "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Do both fans run backwards? Was the car ever in an accident? Body shop are notorious for doing this type of miss wire. Trace the harness and see if there are any butt connectors. Does the car have a/c? It is amazing that the car never over heated if it does. Raj In a message dated 4/26/2010 12:12:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> writes: Wrong flow verified. Car has never overheated. I plan to get the car back soon to track this down. I just wanted to ask the list I'd they'd seen this before or I'd Mazda dud something "brilliant" in 97. --------------------------- Chad Douglas Sent from my iPhone
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