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HELP - E46 Fan not switching on
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to change the fan in literally a 5 min job... 2 screws on top and unclip the electric connectors and slide the fan out... oh you have to take the airbox snorkel off with is anther few seconds...
the only problem is the screws are torx so you need the right bits...
the only problem is the screws are torx so you need the right bits...
Mamba said:moranor said:
Thanx for this, I had to strip more than this bits on the E66 to get it changed ..
much easier on the e46
nicwes
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Okay. Spoke to the guy at Park Motors myself. It is a resistor in the motor that has malfunctioned or something. He says that the WHOLE unit has to be replaced, the resistor can't be replaced seperately. Can anyone confirm this for me? (I have no idea how these things work)
He also told me that the fan does come on, but only at the first speed, and as soon as the car heats up, the fan doesn't speed up to cool the engine down, and that will cause S H 1 T when driving in the city. Now as I said earlier, I have found an electric fan (which it is) in PTA West for R 2280. The guy I spoke to said it's a new fan :thumbs:
The dude in Welkom is looking at a second hand fan
Will talk to my dad to see wat gan vir wat
IF I buy the fan in PTA west. Is there anyone close I can go to to fit it? Maybe a fellow fanatic or fanatic's friend that won't charge me an arm and a leg? I don't expect it to be done for free
:ty:
He also told me that the fan does come on, but only at the first speed, and as soon as the car heats up, the fan doesn't speed up to cool the engine down, and that will cause S H 1 T when driving in the city. Now as I said earlier, I have found an electric fan (which it is) in PTA West for R 2280. The guy I spoke to said it's a new fan :thumbs:
The dude in Welkom is looking at a second hand fan
Will talk to my dad to see wat gan vir wat
IF I buy the fan in PTA west. Is there anyone close I can go to to fit it? Maybe a fellow fanatic or fanatic's friend that won't charge me an arm and a leg? I don't expect it to be done for free
:ty:
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SP33DYV
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I think I might have same problem. Last night had the car idling while fiddling with the diagnostic software and it started to overheat - water temp went to 120 deg c according to the diagnostic software. Oil temp was around 90 deg c. The fan only switched to the first speed though. Checked it again this morning. Water in radiator felt luke warm, but according to diag software was almost 110 deg c in only a couple minutes, so I'm leaning towards a thermostat that's faulty and not the fan. I replaced the thermostat about 40 000 km's ago. The old one was still ok and luckily I kept it. Will refit the old one to check.
frikkieh
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To fit the fan is literally 5 minutes work. Side cutter to lift the expanding rivets and a torx bit to remove one screw (I slotted mine with a hack saw so a normal flat screw drive works just fine - had no Torx available when it broke down once).
Here are the items to remove to loosen the fan and remove it:
@ Moranor - I did not bother to look around for alternateves at the time of replacing mine.
Here are the items to remove to loosen the fan and remove it:
@ Moranor - I did not bother to look around for alternateves at the time of replacing mine.
frikkieh i also slotted my screw after the 1st time i took it out if you look on the other side of the fan there is a whole for another screw some mechanic also decided my car did not need it...
if you look on the other side of the fan there is a whole for another screw some mechanic also decided my car did not need it...
nicwes
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Sankekur said:
Thank you! :ty:
Haven't tried goldwagen. How close are you to PTA?
frikkieh said:
Seems fairly wasy. Thanks :ty:
The last time I saw my car the mechanic decided I don't need these
Waiting for goldwagen PTA west to let me know what they charge and so on..
This is looking better and better :rollsmile:
My mood is already lifting :thumbs:
That's why I LOVE BMWFanatics :bravo: :ty:
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