cooling and a/c fans

hi all i have a 97p registerd voyager which is overheating the fans
are not working but i can hear a clicking noise coming from them as
though they are going to start. any help would be great all the fuses
are ok not sure about the relays is there an easy way off checking if
they are still ok thanks tim the a/c fan doesn't come on as well
thanks again

 

You say it's overheating the fans? (sorry - just my way of jabbing you
for not using capitalization and punctuation - shows you don't have
respect for your reader's time or effort that they have to put out to
decipher your coded message when you're asking them to help you)

The clicking may be the relays operating properly trying to run the
fans. Good chance the fan motors are bad - either the bearings/bushings
are shot or they have electrical issues. Beyond that, a multimeter and
schematics would be good for troubleshooting the electrical system
(relays, wiring, etc.) driving the fans. But again, my first suspicion
is that the fan motors are locked up or hard to turn.

Do you know if the temperature stays normal if you're driving at speed
(40-55 mph)? That would be a sign that the overheating is only due to
the fans not running and not other problems in the cooling system
contributing to the overheating (vehicle motion takes over for the fans
to move air thru the radiator).

 

Oh - also, there may be a common ground wire on the fans - check that
that is intact.