2008 4.8L Silverado, 2wd stock for most part- Hi all, got a weird one. My efans wouldn’t turn on at all. Truck kept over heating on me, the fans would not turn on. I just had a problem with the temp sensor, the fans would come on over 210 degrees- I changed it out with the plug(switch) and that’s when they stopped working completely. The hot wire on the temp sender was reading 5 volts, I tried to tap a hot from the battery to the other side to see if it might be my plug and nothing happened. But, checking the hot wire again it had 0v(checked thoroughly.) I let it sit for 30 minutes, and then checked it again and it read 5v again. I stopped and didn’t check the relays at this point because I thought the hot wire to the switch may have some kind of short.
I was just going to plug the switch back in, just for fun, and move to the relays but before I did I decided to start the truck and just see what happened. Both fans came on full speed immediately when the engine started. I grabbed my hot wire I made to check the switch before and ran it from the battery(pos) to the opposite wire on the temp switch (NOT the hot). I was only able to keep my makeshift wire on the switch for a short time, as these wires got hot, but the HI fan(maybe both) turned off while they were touching. After it was pulled off, both fans went back to mach. Before I couldn’t get them to work- now they’ll come on when I start the truck and stay on until it’s off, haha. They do go off when the truck shuts off. Buddy of mine said “problem solved!”, but I don’t know that I want to leave that. Maybe it’s just the switch and I’m down a few brain cells, if so all the better. Thank y’all
-I’ve been looking and looking for a wiring diagram for these, only finding the 2500 diagram for these years and then the 14+ on the 1500,hoping somebody here might be able to point me in the right direction
I was just going to plug the switch back in, just for fun, and move to the relays but before I did I decided to start the truck and just see what happened. Both fans came on full speed immediately when the engine started. I grabbed my hot wire I made to check the switch before and ran it from the battery(pos) to the opposite wire on the temp switch (NOT the hot). I was only able to keep my makeshift wire on the switch for a short time, as these wires got hot, but the HI fan(maybe both) turned off while they were touching. After it was pulled off, both fans went back to mach. Before I couldn’t get them to work- now they’ll come on when I start the truck and stay on until it’s off, haha. They do go off when the truck shuts off. Buddy of mine said “problem solved!”, but I don’t know that I want to leave that. Maybe it’s just the switch and I’m down a few brain cells, if so all the better. Thank y’all
-I’ve been looking and looking for a wiring diagram for these, only finding the 2500 diagram for these years and then the 14+ on the 1500,hoping somebody here might be able to point me in the right direction