3 speed cooling fan

[Ratty]

Hi all cooling fan has failed on low speed. any ideas? car is a 03 V6 2.5. thanks.

[stevestrat]

Hi Allen, more than likely worn brushes. Straightforward, you can either replace the brushes (not the easiest job going) or replace the fan, later 2 speed with resistor or Kenlowe.

New brushes are available from Engineering Carbon Products, ignore what it says about heater fan, they are rad fan brushes!

[Rev Jules]

Originally Posted by stevestrat

Hi Allen, more than likely worn brushes. Straightforward, you can either replace the brushes (not the easiest job going) or replace the fan, later 2 speed with resistor or Kenlowe.

New brushes are available from Engineering Carbon Products, ignore what it says about heater fan, they are rad fan brushes!

Hi/
All well and good once you have ground down the three lugs that are holding the motor to the fan, but how would you then re-attach the motor after fitting the brushes

Julien

[stevestrat]

You don't grind the lugs down, in theory you straighten them so that the back slips off . . . . I never got beyond that point! Spent a couple of hours at it with mole grips etc, gave up before I started throwing tools around the garage in frustration

Replaced the fan!

[Arctic]

Originally Posted by julienhoulton

Hi/
All well and good once you have ground down the three lugs that are holding the motor to the fan, but how would you then re-attach the motor after fitting the brushes

Julien

Hi Julien.
Are you referring to the bent over tags that hold the back plate on as below












If not are you referring to the three torx or bolts that hold the cowling to the fan and it's blades

[Vossy]

Changed mine with the brushes from ECP, paid one day and arrived the next, straightforward job once the bumper is off, all of my bottom bumper fixings had seized so it now has a nice set of zip ties until I order new fixings.
Fan works fine though

[Arctic]

Originally Posted by Ratty

Hi all cooling fan has failed on low speed. any ideas? car is a 03 V6 2.5. thanks.

Hi Allen.
You can re-brush as long as the motor is ok and not burnt out, or you can opt for a two wire 2 speed with gold resistor I note you have a 2.5 V6 I would try and get this sorted asap, if you lived closer to us in the west midlands this could have bee sorted out at the nano but even then it is three weeks away.

[Rev Jules]

Originally Posted by Arctic

Hi Julien.
Are you referring to the bent over tags that hold the back plate on as below












If not are you referring to the three torx or bolts that hold the cowling to the fan and it's blades

Hi Artic.

I am referring to the bent over tags>

Julien

[Arctic]

Originally Posted by julienhoulton

Hi Artic.

I am referring to the bent over tags>

Julien

Hi Julien.
Yes just straighten them out, squeeze them together and the cover plate should come of with ease just finished re-brushing one today Arctic

[SD1too]

Originally Posted by Ratty

Hi all cooling fan has failed on low speed. any ideas? car is a 03 V6 2.5. thanks.

Can you see a silver resistor through the radiator grille?

Simon