5 wire cooling fan (ZT 190)- interchangeable?

[SD1too]

Originally Posted by Lyle

... you can imagine how much my heart sank when the insurance told me their approach would be to write it off.

I can Lyle. I've been in that position myself.
The threat can be avoided by having a TPF&T policy. Of course you would have to accept paying for any repairs to your own car (unless the other party was responsible), but that's what you're doing anyway in this case.

to the club by the way.

Simon

[stocktake]

To confirm, just because the fan has the right number of pins at the plug end does NOT mean it is the right set up. Both petrol and diesel have 5 or 6 pins but the relay boxes are totally different and NOT a straight swap interchange.

For clarity, if you are fitting a used fan that you expect to work out of the box you need a 2 wire 2 speed with external resistor PETROL set up. the one in the ebay link is the correct fan for your car.

[Lyle]

Originally Posted by stocktake

To confirm, just because the fan has the right number of pins at the plug end does NOT mean it is the right set up. Both petrol and diesel have 5 or 6 pins but the relay boxes are totally different and NOT a straight swap interchange.

For clarity, if you are fitting a used fan that you expect to work out of the box you need a 2 wire 2 speed with external resistor PETROL set up. the one in the ebay link is the correct fan for your car.

Right okay, I had found two cars being broken (both 190s) that I am waiting for prices from as I thought this may be a more cost effective way of getting all the bits I need. Even though these are both the same model would I still have to confirm with it is the 2 wire 2 speed set-up?

On another note, from a reliability point of view am I as well ordering the 2 wire 2 speed fan you've found even if the ones in these two cars are compatible but the older style?

Here's the 2 adverts I am enquiring to��

[stocktake]

Unfortunately you will still need to ensure they are the later 2 speed type, simple to do, all you need to know if there is a silver/gold resistor screwed to the fan shroud at the 2 o'clock position. If so then it should be the right one.

The older three speed type are prone to brush wear . These can be repaired quite cheaply but it means further stripdown of the motor and you need a decent soldering set up.

[bsafly]

Shame about the ZT-T, looks to be in good condition from the photo (unless it is damaged at the rear or n/s) and the MOT history is very good too!

[Lyle]

Originally Posted by bsafly

Shame about the ZT-T, looks to be in good condition from the photo (unless it is damaged at the rear or n/s) and the MOT history is very good too!

Nah it does seem a shame, from the other pics cosmetically the car looks very tidy. Makes me wonder if something expensive went wrong under the bonnet. It looks as if it's been on the scrappies website for a good few weeks, so would imagine there will already have been plenty of parts pinched by now.

[mh007]

Originally Posted by bsafly

Shame about the ZT-T, looks to be in good condition from the photo (unless it is damaged at the rear or n/s) and the MOT history is very good too!

Exactly what I was thinking!

Shame about the 214SEi parked next to the Trophy Blue ZT too if It's in a breakers yard.

[Lyle]

Originally Posted by stocktake

Unfortunately you will still need to ensure they are the later 2 speed type, simple to do, all you need to know if there is a silver/gold resistor screwed to the fan shroud at the 2 o'clock position. If so then it should be the right one.

The older three speed type are prone to brush wear . These can be repaired quite cheaply but it means further stripdown of the motor and you need a decent soldering set up.

Thank you! Yeah, I think there's enough complication with all the bits that need repaired already, no point adding in another complexity if there's no need

[Lyle]

Originally Posted by SD1too

I can Lyle. I've been in that position myself.
The threat can be avoided by having a TPF&T policy. Of course you would have to accept paying for any repairs to your own car (unless the other party was responsible), but that's what you're doing anyway in this case.

to the club by the way.

Simon

Yeah, it's a weird one, the company I ended up going with were actually quoting a cheaper price if I took comprehensive rather than TPF&T. I can't understand the logic from their POV and as you say I've essentially used it as a third-party policy in this case anyway.
And thank you very much, it's quite amazing having this wealth of knowledge on tap!