cheap slimline fans on ebay

  1. Established Member Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1368
    #1
    anyone used them? rather than paying the price asked for the likes of spal and pacet, are the cheap £20 jobbies any good?
  2. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH
    #2
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    Originally Posted by monka View Post
    anyone used them? rather than paying the price asked for the likes of spal and pacet, are the cheap £20 jobbies any good?
    yeah they work. Not as good but they work.
  3. Established Member Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1368
    #3
    cant be any worse than the 20 year old rusty thing on my car at the moment i suppose.
  4. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2002 United Kingdom Posts: 8390
    #4
    Not sure how well theyll work, but the air my Pacet shifts is ridiculous so im glad i spent a few quid extra as mines a daily driver
  5. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH
    #5
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Gabbastard View Post
    Not sure how well theyll work, but the air my Pacet shifts is ridiculous so im glad i spent a few quid extra as mines a daily driver
    They work fine mate they just don't have as much Rpm so the cooling isn't as rapid.

    I went from a metal mk1 fan on mine to 2 slimline ebay fans back to the mk2 standard fan. The ebay ones make too much noise for me.
  6. Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 897 106 ph1 rallye 106 gti 106 hybrid thing GTI~6
    #6
    I dunno but to me, its a bit like spending a shed load on a decent motor build to run it on asdas 20/50oil.
    Its one of the most important bits in keeping your engine from melting. Its not worth skimping on.
    Ive a 20+ year old kenlowe here and its perfect. But the spal and pacets i have are a bit more modern/efficient.
  7. Established Member Joined: Jan 2011 Aberdeen Posts: 1092 Turbo Saxo vtr, 2010 Octavia VRS TSI, mk3 Ibiza cu
    #7
    I've used one, worked allright, not as good as o.e fans if I'm truely honest, best going for a proper spal one, mine sometimes told me it was overheating butt.. My thermostat was playing up now nd again so unsure if that was the cause, but reckon it was due to it would suddenly drop back down and not the fans cause