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1996 VOLVO 850 Nonturbo

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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Steve Marsala
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Year and Model: 1996 850 Volvo
Location: Long island New York

Re: 850 1996 Radiator Cooling Fan Will not come on at al

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I have a 1996 Volvo 850 nonturbo cooling fan only operates with the AC on I already replaced the relays

CamZH
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Year and Model: '94 850 + '04 S60 R
Location: Sydney, Australia

Post by CamZH »

The temp sensor died in my 850 causing the fan to not operate. The gauge showed fine until it got a bit over half way, they dropped to cold.

You can unplug the temp sensor and this should cause the fan to run at full speed and stay on after the cur is turned off.

It's a nice quick easy test.
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Post by Ozark Lee »

Steve Marsala wrote:I have a 1996 Volvo 850 nonturbo cooling fan only operates with the AC on I already replaced the relays
That is actually fairly normal unless you are stuck in traffic. The cooling fan runs a surprisingly little amount of the time in normal operation. When the AC is on the fan should run full time.

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STEVE7
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Year and Model: 850 1996
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Post by STEVE7 »

I have a 1996 Volvo 850 nonturbo my cooling fans only come on with the air-conditioner I change the relays but the fan still don't come on

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Post by tryingbe »

I had a fan motor seized, and a relay that stuck at constant on.

Both are easily checked.
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Post by Ozark Lee »

I merged two threads here since they are the same problem (or lack thereof) and I think the same original poster.

...Lee
'94 850 N/A 5 speed
'96 Platinum Edition Turbo
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1999 V70XC - Nautic Blue - Totaled while parked.
1999 V70XC - RIP - Wrecked Parts Car.
1998 S70 T5
1996 850 N/A
1989 740 GLT
1986 740 GLT
1972 142 Grand Luxe

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