Engine cooling problems...

GhostRider,

Is this relay switch an actual plug and play on the brutus or did you have to modify it. My Brutus overheats in the summer and winter and is getting really annoying. I would here the fan come on for very short periods in the summer but come to think of it I dont think it I've heard it come on this winter. If it is overheating and I let it sit and idle and it still doesn't cool down like it should. Only way to get it to cool down is to shut it off and let it sit. It will then overheat again very easily when you restart and begin using again. Come to think of it the only days I didn't overheat is when the temps where -30 below windchill and even then it would come close. I would have to slow it down or stop and let idle and only then at these severely cold temps would it then start to cool down when idling. It just doesn't seem right that this should be overheating in the middle of winter even when it is extremely cold out.

Thought I'd update this thread as to my results. I took apart the front end to remove the fan and shroud. You have to remove the radiator as well as it is attached and can not be separated until both are removed from the machine. Getting it out isn't that difficult once you know how to do it. It took a little time until I found what all needs to be done to do this. You have to drain the radiator as well before removing. So once I had gotten everything reassembled and the radiator refilled with new fluid I gave it a try. Still the fan motor wouldn't come on. So I finally broke down and brought it to the nearest brutus dealer. They retested everything and found out it was a circuit breaker that is not located under the hydraulic joystick along with all the other electronics. Not sure where this is located and the guy in service wasn't sure either. I'm assuming its somewhere between the electronics and the battery? Might have to access it from under the brutus after removing the full body skid plate? I do have 2 relays located under the front hood but those were added when I had a front, rear light bars, block heater, and interior dome light installed so I didn't check those. So anyway I apparently missed a circuit breaker somewhere and it ended up being something simple. Unfortunately it didn't go that way for me but you live and learn.

Did you ever get an answer to the "plug-n-play" question. It seems all of the fan override switches do not have the right plug that is on the radiator. It is the pug for the other fan that is under the driver seat.



Would be nice to find one with the Brutus Fan Plug or fine those plugs to retrofit the switch.



Any help greatly appreciated.



Thanks