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Originally Posted by Deftec
Do you really think that would cause the relays to burn up though(car not cooling, fans running too long?) The car ran fine for about 2 weeks with this setup since I changed it to 2 relays, and it just stopped the other day when I posted this.
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Nope, if the relays are truly bad (you test them by putting 12V current on one side of the coil and ground on the other - coil is 85 and 86 pins - and seeing if it 'clicks'), it's because you're passing too much current though them, or you've got it wired up wrong (fan power through the coil instead of the high-current circuit - 30 and 87 pins). I'd check all your crimps, as well as your ground (ground to the frame rail, or sheet metal welded to the frame rail - most of the car is simply glued together and does not handle high current well.
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Originally Posted by Deftec
Update, took the car out, ran fine for a while, got it home and parked it, antifreeze starts blowing everywhere. The relays burned up again. I made 100% sure all air/etc was out of it. So the only option I can really do now is to take the thermostat out and see what it'll do.
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If the thermostat wasn't opening, the radiator (and the water inside of it) wouldn't get hot, your engine would just melt itself to hell. You need to re-bleed the system, with the front elevated, heater on, until you get a solid stream of coolant coming out of the bleeder port - then drive the car, observe, and repeat.