First warm day, this past Sunday, I get out in the woods on the V Force and I smell something funny. Sure enough, I stop the motor and hear boiling water in the radiator. The V Force's fan would not kick on. The radiator was clean and not full of mud. The fan blades would spin, so there's nothing lodged in there. I check around on allot of the electrical connectors and couldn't find anything loose or no blown fuses. Anyone else ever have this happen? Any ideas on this problem? Thanks for any help of suggestions!

 

Check your fan temp switch . My dealer said they have had failures. Thermostatically controlled , switches fan on at set temp.

 

My fan went out when it was about 6 months old.Kawasaki covered it,runs like a champ.

 

I think I got you on another forum, but I believe the fans are the same on the Prairies, & they take alot of abuse... it could be one of the things listed above, however I had a small ( difficult to see ) rock wedged between the fan & the radiator, that stopped my fan from running... it was fine, but required me to actually remove the rock, before it would run...

 

Thanks Newbeatle, but the fan blades spin freely. I'll have to check out this fan switch. Is there a way to check the switch without replacing it with a new switch?

 

You can take a volt meter,put a lead on each pole of the temp sensor and put the sensor in some very hot water in a cup.If the volt meter beeps then the sensor is good.It should beep like if you hold the leads together(grounded).Make sure the water is almost boiling.Hope this helps!!!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

There is a way. I'll try to summarize the service manual:

1. Remove the switch and place it in a container of coolant (I wonder if water would work).

2. Use an accurate thermometer to measure coolant temperature.

3. Don't let the switch touch the sides of the container.

4. Heat the coolant and measure the resistance across the switch terminals.

5. It should switch from off to on between 205 and 212 degrees F. Resistance should be less than 0.5 Ohm when on.

6. It should switch from on to off between 203 and 196 degrees F. Resistance should be greater than 1 MOhm when off.

Hope this helps.

Mark

 

Did you check under the seat? My temp light came on and my fan was not running. I checked under the seat and found a blown fuse. Changed the fuse and the fan came on.

If your temp light is not indicating, then you probably have a bad thermostat and the electronics are not even trying to engage the fan. If the temp light does come on and the fan does not, then you probably have a fan problem.

Good luck.

 

Thanks Homedawg, the temp light did come on but the fan did not. I did check the main fuse under the seat and it was not blown.