A Completely NEW air conditioning problem :)

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Originally Posted by Crowz

Well a working fan isn't required for the a/c to work. My wifes fan died about 3 months ago via went wide open and wouldn't cut off. She unplugged the fan to get home which of course knocked out her a/c. I removed the motor from the previous fan which died via not running at all and plugged it into the harness and she has a/c. As long as the fan is plugged in the a/c will work fine even if the fan motor is toast or not spinning. At least it is that way on the wifes x5.

So that's why Im not really eyeballing the fan since there isn't a code for a bad fan and the a/c works for a loooong time before it stops for a bit.

I'll keep messing with it after the rains go thru here.

So doesn't your statement above prove that you need a working fan for the compressor to engage? A fan that spin is considered a working fan by the DME. Unplugging the fan tells the DME that the fan is not generating a voltage signal back to it so it thinks the fan is broken, so it doesn't command the compressor to engage.