Q: Coolant fans

asked by on September 06, 2017

neither condenser nor radiator fan work. I did the "Tap" test & they both worked for 10 -20 secs. What doers it appear to be on the surface, please?

Thanks, \Bill 404.966.7377

My car has 225000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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