Just installed my Koyo and my Black Magic fan and now my car won't shut off... grr.
I don't know if it's because of the fan or if my wiring got messed up when I was working on it.
Heres the deal. With my old fan and radiator, the fan had 2 wires, + and -, that's it. So I used a Radio Shack ignition relay so that it would run when the car was running. That relay had +12in, +12out, ignition in and ground out.
Now, with the black magic, the ignition relay is built-in. So, I hooked up +12, +12 with a circuit breaker, ground and ignition (or switched).
Now my car starts and runs beautifully, extra now with that weight off the water pump, but now it won't shut off.
HELP!
Car won't shut off
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BuudWeizErr
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Seriously, I'd recheck everything thats ignition related. It sounds like there is a 12+ constant going to a wire that should be ignition only. It is possible that something is wrong inside the relay, so the first thing I'd try is unhooking the fan wiring and see if that solves the problem. If it does, the problem is somewhere in that area, (perhaps a crossed wire or something got hooked up wrong). If not, then you just have to check EVERYTHING that you touched on the car recently.
It sounds as though you have looped the power on the ignition so no matter what you do with the key it stays running. You have a power wire thats bypassing the ignition and running direct. Hot wire class 101. I give you an A+. So your not using both relays are you? this is a real simple fix. What switched power source are you using? give an exact run down from start to finish what wire is coming from where and going where. We should be able to figure it out. Actually if you stair at it real hard with a beer in your hand you should be able to figure it out.......thats how I fix s*** anyways.....
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BuudWeizErr
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For the fan, I plugged in 4 wires
Ground goes to chassis+12 direct+12 with breaker both come straight from the batteryIgnition
For ignition, I had one of the phase2 guys get me an ignition wire from the fuel pump relay. And that worked fine for my old setup. Now it doesn't work at all.
Dunno.
One of the phase2 guys is coming up right now, and I think I am going to get a battery relocation kit, if I can find one today.
Ground goes to chassis+12 direct+12 with breaker both come straight from the batteryIgnition
For ignition, I had one of the phase2 guys get me an ignition wire from the fuel pump relay. And that worked fine for my old setup. Now it doesn't work at all.
Dunno.
One of the phase2 guys is coming up right now, and I think I am going to get a battery relocation kit, if I can find one today.
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BuudWeizErr
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If you unhook the thermostat wiring will the car shut off, I've never seen you ask this question. There is ALWAYS the remote chance that there is something internally wrong with the the relay/thermostat and it's crossing a 12+ to the ignition.
When in doubt, undo the last thing you did and see if that fixes the problem, in this case it means, unhooking the wires to the fan.
When in doubt, undo the last thing you did and see if that fixes the problem, in this case it means, unhooking the wires to the fan.
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BuudWeizErr
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quiksilvia wrote:the almighty buud looking for help and ah-nold is running for office...what has the world come to
Oh yeah, I forgot. I know everything. I hearby retract my question.
The world isn't coming to anything. If you had something intelligent to say however, that might be a ground shaking event.