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anyone tried bypassing the pusher fan sensor trigger to keep the pusher fan running all the time when the engine is on?

Just posting in case it helps someone else with this simple thing I overlooked.

In Spring I noticed that my Air Conditioning was not working (blowing warm air). It was the auxiliary fan as I learned that it would be from this board. In my case the auxiliary fan was just unplugged due to some work that happened over the winter (I forgot to plug it back in after doing the Oil Filter Housing gasket replacement). Plugged it back in and now AC works great!

There are two plugs for the auxiliary fan on the passenger side of the vehicle by the radiator fan.

I suspect that there is actually only one plug for the A/C Aux fan??
Also I like Rockmelons question, has anyone tried "bypassing" the Aux fan.... or even instally a "universal" fan?

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Originally Posted by Weasel (Post 750999)

Well, that is a higher temp than most of the world reaches... and who really expects the engineers in Germany to think of the rest of the world?

Just be glad you don't live in an excessively cold climate where the crankcase venting system freezes and blows out the gaskets pushing all your oil on the streets...

Got some issues and I'm hoping you guys can help with this issue that's related to this thread.

My A/C went out a few weeks ago driving in my 2003 3.0 after there was a slightly burnt sweet smell coming from vents. Air was still coming out, but it was no longer cold. I assumed it was r134 that needed to be added but when I looked in the engine compartment, the a/c belt was sitting on the splash cover. After finding that, I assumed that the belt was the only issue. Well I replaced it today and upon first starting the car, there was a strange sound and then a shower of bits of rubber which I believe came from the compressor pulley. Also, the a/c still only blows warm air after relaxing the belt. The aux fan kicks in when the car is running but there is a noticeable click sound when you activate the A/C (snowflake) button. I'm going to take it to an A/C shop this weekend to get the levels checked but I don't think that's the problem.

Any thoughts?

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Originally Posted by sigepoutdoor (Post 874756)

The bearing of your air compressor is stuck, so that the belt breaks when it trys to turn the pulley to spin. In this case, you have to replace the compressor.

That's what I suspected.....is this something I can do myself?