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auxilliary fan

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my aux-fan started vibrating really bad for sure it needs replacing.
can i use a unit from other models? say something from a MK3?
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Radiator fan?

Heater Fan?

no and no, but you can get one to work if you take the fan and the plug.
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hey hey thanks

it's the radiator fan

but where is this heater fan? i'm here in Dubai and for sure i wouldn't need any heating system.
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king angeles wrote:hey hey thanks

it's the radiator fan

but where is this heater fan? i'm here in Dubai and for sure i wouldn't need any heating system.

In the rain tray....
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rain tray.... would this be the one under the vent louvers in front of the windshield wipers?

thanks man!
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king angeles wrote:rain tray.... would this be the one under the vent louvers in front of the windshield wipers?

thanks man!
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BTW, a note on fan mixing-and-matching. If you have an air conditioning-equipped car with a two-speed radiator fan, and put in a single-speed fan, everything will mate up, but only the high speed will work. I ended up jumpering the low and high speed circuits together so the fan would come on sooner; the engine has to get pretty hot before the high speed will engage.
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I forgot when you have the shroud of the turnpike out.... do this mod

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I'm using a cooling fan from a MarkII Golf. The three terminal plug got cut off the donor and everything else matched right up. I have had problems even swapping between the same series with radiator lengths and such.
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