1992 Oldsmobile Cutlass Where is the location of cooling fa

Hi Jacobandnickolas

Thanks for your reply. You are right. It was not the relay. I spent close to a month spedning a lot of money and time changing parts and trying to fix a problem that would have been very easy to fix if I would been using logic a and seek proper knowledge before starting to change virtually all the parts in the cooling section of the car. All I had to do was to make sure about a bad part before replacing it rather than just guessing about what might be wrong. This requires first good undrstanding of what each part supposed to do and then finding out how to properly test it. I was misled thinking the relay was the cause of the problem becuase I work on some electronics equipment with small relays in them that the relay mostly is the first item to go bad in those parts. In my car, I found the relay by going under the car and disconnecting the fan connector. Out of the 2 wires in the fan connector, I determined which one was the 12V wire by using the continuity test with a multi meter, by connecting one contact of the meter to the wire in the connector that would bring 12V to the fan. Then I placed the other contact of the meter to each contact pin of each relay in front of the car, untill I found the fan realy. I tested the relay and it worked. At this point I was pretty sure the problem was the fan. I then attached 12V directly to the fan, fan did not work. I purchased a new fan motor for $35 and that fixed my problem. Apprently, with this type of cars fan going out is a common thing. Testing the fan at the very beginning would have been the easiest thing to do. I knew the fan was not kicking in when the car was too hot, so logically testing the fan should have been the first item on the list. But I guess this is all part of the learning. Once again thanks for your reply.