why would my cooling fan relay keep ticking after the car is turned off.it kills my battery!

1990 HONDA ACCORD
150,000 MILES
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SNOOOOPY
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the cooling fan relay is located in fuse box under the hood
Dec 4, 2011 at 1:58 AM
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DRCRANKNWRENCH
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The temperature sensor may be bad and is reading a high temp to ECU. Even if you have a temp gauge, there are seperate sensors for the gauge and the coolant temp signal for the ECU which controls fan and fan timer. You probably need to replace the temp sensor near the thermostat housing for the ECU.
Dec 4, 2011 at 2:06 AM
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RASMATAZ
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Try replacing it and see what happens-could be sticking
Dec 4, 2011 at 2:06 AM
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