The recent heat wave caused the 190E to blow not so cold air, but as I was testing around it seems the auxiliary fan does not turn on even if the AC is being used for quite some time. This causes the air to be blown through the vents to be "okay" - but when the car is moving the air gets cooler, if it slows down the air gets warmer.
I've verified the compressor works, the auxiliary relay works, but the auxiliary fans do not turn on.
So I tried jumping the two connectors on the blue insulator switch to override the system and get the fans to turn on, but they don't respond. I do hear the auxiliary fan relay clicking on the fuse box, however.
So I tried jumping the two leads by the AC drier to also get the fans to turn on, and like above there was no response.
The fans sound dry inside but the old fans it had still worked with the dry sound when they're spun by hand. The fuses (1, 2 and 3) were okay as well - on my '89 2.6 the fuses for the auxiliary fans include 1, 2 and 3 (white, white and red).
And here's the observation that led me to post this thread: when the engine is running, AC in use (blowing barely cool air at all) and I bridge the connectors of the blue insulation switch (that supposedly turns on the fans at high speed if it gets too hot), the compressor clutch DIS-engages. What does this observation mean? I know when the temp gets too high the compressor should remain on but the auxiliary fans should run at high speed so there should be no reason the compressor would disengage unless this is how it's designed to be??
I've verified the compressor works, the auxiliary relay works, but the auxiliary fans do not turn on.
So I tried jumping the two connectors on the blue insulator switch to override the system and get the fans to turn on, but they don't respond. I do hear the auxiliary fan relay clicking on the fuse box, however.
So I tried jumping the two leads by the AC drier to also get the fans to turn on, and like above there was no response.
The fans sound dry inside but the old fans it had still worked with the dry sound when they're spun by hand. The fuses (1, 2 and 3) were okay as well - on my '89 2.6 the fuses for the auxiliary fans include 1, 2 and 3 (white, white and red).
And here's the observation that led me to post this thread: when the engine is running, AC in use (blowing barely cool air at all) and I bridge the connectors of the blue insulation switch (that supposedly turns on the fans at high speed if it gets too hot), the compressor clutch DIS-engages. What does this observation mean? I know when the temp gets too high the compressor should remain on but the auxiliary fans should run at high speed so there should be no reason the compressor would disengage unless this is how it's designed to be??