Radiator fan and turbo timer not working

[gonzalaga1]

On my drive to work the other day, I noticed the temperature starting to climb, and pulled over to check it out. I noticed the radiator fan was not on, so there's the overheating problem... Anyway, after replacing the fan and the temperature switch (in the bottom of the radiator) and checking the relay and fusible link, I still can't get the fan to turn on.

I also noticed that my turbo timer is not working now. It's getting power, but not working...

These two things could be unrelated. Before it started happening, I had noticed that my positive battery terminal had made contact with the underside of the hood, so I removed the connector and made sure to seat it correctly on the battery to ensure that didn't happen again. Is it possible there's some secret fuse I don't know about that would have blown due to the short of the terminal against the hood?

I'm out of ideas...

Dan

 

[icekilla126]

take the fan out and becnh test it to rule that out. then look to where u taped in your turbo time and look if there is any circits in comon.... its just my hunch that u have a bad ground somewhere. check every fuse make sure its not that. If you dont have a power probe i would recomoned having one there amazing for things like this.

 

[gonzalaga1]

Apparently the turbo timer I have will not work when the temperature of the car is too high (a safety feature I guess).

The fan not working was the combination of a bad thermo sensor in the radiator and a bad connection.