Thanks for your answer mark. I assume the fan is controlled bya thermo switch. Now all I need to do is find this switch. Can anyone help with this?

Does it come on when the A/C is turned on? If so then your Temp sensor/switch may be bad.

The fan circuit consists of a 30 amp fusible link and a relay in the engine compartment fuse/relay block and the thermo-switch on the little coolant manifold near the driver side end of the engine. The relay is the one on the far right side with the fusible link just below it. I would question the thermo-switch first. To test the circuit you can short the wire that goes to the thermo-switch to ground, with ignition switch on, and the fan should run. It not then check and relay. See the attached diagram for thermo-switch location. Do not take the part numbers on the diagram for gospel. I drew this up several years ago. I do not have my Camry so I cannot totally verify the above. I tried to post an answer several days ago but was not logged in at the time and they would not post it!

Disconnect the electrical at the top. Sometimes you can get the fan out and then the shroud-due to limited space. They would both come out from the top.
We mechanics will tell you to test the fan motor with jumper wires from the battery before you decide to pull it off. On most cars, the computer turns the fan on through a cooling fan relay. On your '87, it is possible that a thermal switch on the radiator may turn the fan relay on at a set temperature. One would have to see a wiring diagram.

Just looked at a diagram: If your car is fuel injected, check fuse #13, a 15 amp blue fuse. And same if carbureted, fuse #13-this fuse is for the relay and the fan motor. If carbureted, also check fuse #20-a 20amp fuse.
There are no computer controls for the fan on an '87. there is a thermo switch-at a set temperature, the switch will close-completing the ground path for the fan motor. There is also a radiator fan timer switch, tied in with the thermo switch and the air temperature sensor.
Sound complicated? Well, it is, even with no computer controls. If the fan motor is good, check or replace the thermo switch. Be sure and check those fuses, also. If no help, a tech will probably have to diagnose it.

Hi,
The answer to that is NO!
There are two fan motors on that area. One is for the radiator cooling system and the second is for the condenser( Airconditioning system ).
The radiator fan starts/run when the engine temperature reaches a certain temperature( electric thermo switch on the radiator ), while the A/C fan starts whenever you switch on the a/c.
Hope that clears up everything.
Thanks for asking FixYa!

CHECK TO SEE IF POWER GOING TO COOLANT FAN AND COOLANT FAN THERMO SWITCH.THERMO SWITCH LOCATED BOTTOM OF RADIATOR ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.IF POWER GOING TO THERMO SWITCH THEN SWITCH IS FAULTY.IF NO POWER GOING TO THERMO SWITCH OR COOLING FAN.CHECK LARGE FAN FUSE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND YOU HAVE FUSE 16 IN FUSE HOLDER.IF FUSES GOOD YOU HAVE SHORT IN THE FAN WIRE OR FAULTY FAN CONTROL MODULE.SHAKE FAN WIRES IF FAN WORKS PROBLEM IN THE FAN WIRES YOU HAVE A SHORT IN THE WIRES..

This should be the Blower Motor Resistor and ranges in price based upon whether you have Manual Temperature Control (around $14) OR Automatic Temperature Control (around $96).
(These prices are based upon Autozone.com)
(Part Numbers JA1473 (manual) OR JA1623 (automatic))

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It may be the thermo fans that are on the car.They cut in and out especially if the air/con is on.The car will have a belt driven fan but the electric thermo fan,will cut in and out as it is needed creating a highspeed fan noise.Hope this is the problem and helps you.

The fan control thermo switch should be either "off" or "on".
Voltage should measure either +12 or 0V, depending on coolant temperature.
Replacing it should fix your problem.

Hi, They are controled by a thermo-fan switch, when coolant reaches a certain temperture fan switch turns on radiator fans and brings temperture back down. Thermo-Fan switch is located bottom of radiator.

Check that the fans are still working .Check that the thermo switch is working.Check that you have power to the thermo switch. and if not check relay/supply of power.Unsure with your model but the thermo switches are usualy screwed into the radiator but could be mounted on the engine.You can check your fans by running a piece of wire from the positive terminal of the battery to the positive side/wire of the fans.As long as the fans are earthed as well they should work and if not then the fans will need to be replaced.