2000 Mercury Marquis cooling fan keeps blowing fuse

2000 MERCURY MARQUIS
164,000 MILES • 4.6L • V8 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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CMAC128
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cooling fan runs good for 15 minutes then blows the red 50 watt fuse the big fuse on passenger side fender well like there is a short and I just cannot pin point it and its on my cab so I am losing money every minute it sits I can change the fuse and it blows out again I have changed the fan and fan relay the 50 watt fuse is for the high speed fan
Jun 22, 2014 at 7:49 AM
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HMAC300
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check to see what the amperage draw is on it. also check the things in pic that I've sent it may be a bad relay or poor ground.
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Jun 22, 2014 at 8:21 AM
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