Cooling fan on with ignition
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Cooling fan on with ignition
Hi my S2 with ignition on only the cooling fan comes on and stays on. What can I check I just disconnected cooling fan control mod as I thought this might be the issue but wasn't. Temp gauge went over half when idling in 107f heat so unsure if other fan is coming on. Cheers
Code P0480 and P0481 was noted
Code P0480 and P0481 was noted
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I'm pretty sure it's normal for the fan to come on if you turn on the ignition and the engine is warm. It may even do it cold, I'm not sure, but depending on what you were doing before you observed this, it may be normal.
In the normal case it will turn off after a bit of time. Like 20-30 seconds. If it doesn't, and the engine is cold, and the fan just keeps running for minutes, that's weird.
I'm not sure how P0480/P0481 are actually detected by the ECU, but one mechanism may be that it turns on the fans (or thinks it does), but the coolant temperature doesn't go down. On the 8 it may have another mechanism, like some kind of load reading on the circuit, but long story short, the ECU thinks the fan relays are not working. So while you've disconnected the mod, is it possible you need to reconnect the original wiring?
In the normal case it will turn off after a bit of time. Like 20-30 seconds. If it doesn't, and the engine is cold, and the fan just keeps running for minutes, that's weird.
I'm not sure how P0480/P0481 are actually detected by the ECU, but one mechanism may be that it turns on the fans (or thinks it does), but the coolant temperature doesn't go down. On the 8 it may have another mechanism, like some kind of load reading on the circuit, but long story short, the ECU thinks the fan relays are not working. So while you've disconnected the mod, is it possible you need to reconnect the original wiring?
Last edited by Loki; 01-20-2019 at 04:25 PM.
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Sydo (01-20-2019)
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Here is how the cooling fan controls work in an S2 in tabulated form:
Per service manual, this is how the P0480 and P0481 work:
Naturally, it covers how to repair the codes. It's mostly checking open circuits, shorts, poor connections, etc. ASH8 has the service manuals posted up in this forum.
I'm pretty sure it's normal for the fan to come on if you turn on the ignition and the engine is warm. It may even do it cold, I'm not sure, but depending on what you were doing before you observed this, it may be normal.
In the normal case it will turn off after a bit of time. Like 20-30 seconds. If it doesn't, and the engine is cold, and the fan just keeps running for minutes, that's weird.
I'm not sure how P0480/P0481 are actually detected by the ECU, but one mechanism may be that it turns on the fans (or thinks it does), but the coolant temperature doesn't go down. On the 8 it may have another mechanism, like some kind of load reading on the circuit, but long story short, the ECU thinks the fan relays are not working. So while you've disconnected the mod, is it possible you need to reconnect the original wiring?
In the normal case it will turn off after a bit of time. Like 20-30 seconds. If it doesn't, and the engine is cold, and the fan just keeps running for minutes, that's weird.
I'm not sure how P0480/P0481 are actually detected by the ECU, but one mechanism may be that it turns on the fans (or thinks it does), but the coolant temperature doesn't go down. On the 8 it may have another mechanism, like some kind of load reading on the circuit, but long story short, the ECU thinks the fan relays are not working. So while you've disconnected the mod, is it possible you need to reconnect the original wiring?
Naturally, it covers how to repair the codes. It's mostly checking open circuits, shorts, poor connections, etc. ASH8 has the service manuals posted up in this forum.
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Sydo (01-20-2019)
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Definitely not on a cold start unless you have your A/C on. Hot starts will depend on the ECT, as the table indicates.
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https://www.rx8club.com/series-ii-te...manual-247192/
Download the workshop manual and start following their procedures for troubleshooting. I would think there is a short somewhere in the circuit.
Download the workshop manual and start following their procedures for troubleshooting. I would think there is a short somewhere in the circuit.
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Sydo (01-20-2019)
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That would be the fans on low mod. I did it. Works great when the AC is off. If this was done, there would be an extra wire running from the switch to the relay box, and another wire running from the switch to ground.
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Here is how the cooling fan controls work in an S2 in tabulated form:
Per service manual, this is how the P0480 and P0481 work:
Naturally, it covers how to repair the codes. It's mostly checking open circuits, shorts, poor connections, etc. ASH8 has the service manuals posted up in this forum.
Per service manual, this is how the P0480 and P0481 work:
Naturally, it covers how to repair the codes. It's mostly checking open circuits, shorts, poor connections, etc. ASH8 has the service manuals posted up in this forum.
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