Hello,

 

My name is David. I own a '93 loyale wagon, FI, FWD, 5MT. I have owned the car for about three years. The car is awesome in the winter time, especially when you are driving down a snow covered road and see dudes in big trucks and SUV's is the ditches. Any way, I just replaced the thermostat and water pump (the pump was a pain in the arse). Now the electronic fan quit working. The fuse is good and I don't see any bare spots in the wiring. Any suggestions? Thanks!!

David, I have a 91 Loyale, pretty much the same as your 93. Never had a problem with the fan, but looking in my hand dandy Chilton's, there's a blue/red wire coming in from the hot side, and a yellow and white wire that goes to ground through a relay.

 

So assuming you don't have a bad plug where the wires come from the fan, you might check for 12 volts on the hot wire. If you have power there, check the relay. Again I'm not sure, but it's most likely one of the two relays back by the passsenger side strut mount. One is for the AC, and the other may be for the fan. One of the more knowledgable guys here can probably help with that.

 

Good luck.

its a little differnt on my 86 hatch, both fans would would come on as soon as there was power to them and they never shut off. i replaced the relay and solved the problem. so your relay my be stuck in the off position.

My first guess would be to test the fan thermoswitch. Located on the Radiator passenger side. It will have two wires going to it. Disconnect the wires from the sensor. Turn the key to ON. Connect the two wires together (with a jumper wire). If the Fan turns on then the thermosensor is dead. If you don't want to mess with the sensor then you can just hard wire the two wires together and run the fan 100% of the time. Just be sure to use a large wire to handle the current.

I'd recommend replacing the thermoswitch if it is the cause. Its better to run the engine at the correct temperature, the combination of a thermoswitch and thermostat do this very well.

 

You may also want to connect the fan directly to the battery to see if the motor is still good in the fan. I've had one wear out.