2001 Ford Escort overheating due to cooling fan not working

2001 FORD ESCORT
54,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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GARRYDON
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my escort SE over heats because the cooling fan fails to run. I have checked the relays and fuses under the hood and under the dask, they are Okay. I put a new coolant temperture sensor on. I have hot-wired the cooling fan to 12-volts, it runs. The cooling fan runs just fine when I turn on the air-conditioning, but turns off when I change back normal running without the heater turned on. I am beginning think it is a bad computer?
Apr 5, 2010 at 2:22 PM
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RASMATAZ
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Its the computer that senses the input signal from the engine coolant temperature sensor or the engine temperature gauge sender to energize the fan relay
Apr 5, 2010 at 3:11 PM
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