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Strange Front Fan Issue

I have an odd issue with the left front fan. If you let the car warm up normally the left fan does not come on. If you turn on the A/C it sort of turn on and off at its own will. Then once the car is hot the fan will stay on even with the A/C off. Also: the fans come on when the needle gets to the right side of the zero, the temp drops a little, but not much.

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Just based on your description, appears your driver side low speed fan resistor may be toast.
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Just based on your description, appears your driver side low speed fan resistor may be toast.

That is what I was thinking. Where exactly is it?
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Figure 3 at this link, it's attached to the frame behind the radiator (and behind that black plastic shield, so you can't see it in the pic).

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There are some troubleshooting steps you can take to narrow down your problem. If no one else posts them soon, I'll post it later.
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Figure 3 at this link, it's attached to the frame behind the radiator (and behind that black plastic shield, so you can't see it in the pic).

Pelican Technical Article: Boxster Radiator Replacement and Cleaning - 986 / 987

Kewl; Thanks.
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There are some troubleshooting steps you can take to narrow down your problem. If no one else posts them soon, I'll post it later.
A friend of mine is a dealer tech and he is saying resistor as well. Did anybody ever come up with a radio shack solution?

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