Q: Cooling fans not working

asked by on July 17, 2017

Cooling fans not working. Bridged relay, only one fan comes on. Don't want to replace relay if not necessary. Could it be temp sensor or something else?

My car has 273000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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