Engine fan

  1. Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2013 Fife burntisland Posts: 154 Saxo vts bmw e36 325
    #1
    How many should be in vts there's space for two but I only have one and it never seems to go on.
    Is there a way to test if fans working
    Cheers
  2. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.
    #2
    One fan iirc & is your vts a mk1 or mk2?
  3. Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2013 Fife burntisland Posts: 154 Saxo vts bmw e36 325
    #3
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by stevo67 View Post
    One fan iirc & is your vts a mk1 or mk2?
    Mk2 vts
  4. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2003 United Kingdom (England) Posts: 7064
    #4
    2nd one is for AC on euro models.
  5. Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2013 Fife burntisland Posts: 154 Saxo vts bmw e36 325
    #5
    Any idea why mine want come on ?
  6. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH
    #6
    Ecu controls the fans in the mk2's mate. So its most likely to be the relay. You can test the fan by running a pair of wires from the battery directly to the fan.
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  7. Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2013 Fife burntisland Posts: 154 Saxo vts bmw e36 325
    #7
    K mate will do am I right in thinking the fuse for fan is 3 or 5 ?
  8. Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2013 Fife burntisland Posts: 154 Saxo vts bmw e36 325
    #8
    Where is the connector for the fan is it the one behind radiator
  9. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH
    #9
    yes mate it is. The relay is in a little box on the fan housing.
  10. Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2013 Fife burntisland Posts: 154 Saxo vts bmw e36 325
    #10
    Sound is it easy enough to get to
  11. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH
    #11
    yeah mate i think its just 1 posi drive screw holding the cover on.