Alan_M 66 1 Cars Posted August 8, 2003 Spent the later part of the afternoon/evening installing a second fan. Quite easy really. Managed to squeeze the fan in without removing the shroud etc. Picked up a fused relay from Halfords, along with some crimps and 27amp/5amp wire. One side of the fan goes to earth, so i robbed the proper connector off my old 1.6. The other side goes to the relat contact in 27amp wire. The other side of the contact goes to a ring crimp on the battery. Trickier bit comes to the switch. One side of the coil goes to earth. Other side goes to a switch via 5amp located in the centre console. If using the same sort of connector as the Hazards etc, then the 5amp wire from the coil goes to 'F' or 'B'. The other side of the switch, either 'f' or 'B' goes to the battery. The packaging that the relay came in had a little diagram on the back. Plugged it all in, double checked everything and reconnected battery. Pushed button, and the fan kicked in, on high speed too. Took it for a spin, pulled into a garage so i could fill up for Saturday's drive to North Wales, and noticed the temp had risen a bit towards 90 so it was fan time. Bloody Hell. It drops like a stone! Very happy now. A job well done, looks quite neat too although i'll have to get one of the 5 hole centre console bit of trim. It should get a good test tomorrow, as i'm going upto N.Wales for camping/BBQ/drive about the roads. SHould be good! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RichE 0 Posted August 8, 2003 Told ya!!! Mines loud too but I dont really care, it does the job, its comforting when your car is a bit on the cool side after a good thrasing/sitting in traffic and its 30 odd degrees outside! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mrswampy Posted August 9, 2003 mine runs nice and cool now (306 s16) got twin fans fitted of a 205gti. did have expensive pacet jobbies on it but when these burnt out i bought a set from the scrappers. far eaier and cheaper, and it looks better, now all i need to do is tidy the wireing up abit. and when its 30 defgrees out side i just tuen the ait con on! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest hux309 Posted August 9, 2003 ot im trying to wire mine up...did a feed straight from the battery teminals to test the fan but i get nothing but sparks and no spinning fan and the 27amp wire is being overloaded does this mean the fan is fubared? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RichE 0 Posted August 9, 2003 I'd say so, the 27amp wire shouldnt be overloaded though! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest hux309 Posted August 9, 2003 well ive wired up another one which works this time....yet to see what its like in hot weather but will find out tm when i sort out the iffy earth connection Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest hux309 Posted August 10, 2003 not so much a top man... i just had to buy a fancy led switch... 4 wires ffs!!! and whats funnier it wouldnt run off the battery despite only needing a + from the battery put it all back together and et voila one working fan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PHyR 0 Posted August 11, 2003 Nice 1 I was much more lazy with my installation, I could not be bothered wiring in the second fan to a switch so I just installed a relay that switched when the fist fan came on, that way they both kick in at high speed when the water temp rises above the 4th line on the dash (low temp switch) and will click off again when it drops below it again. When stuck in traffic they are generally on for about 60 seconds, off for 60 seconds, on again, off again etc Seems to work ok but they are quite loud! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fuqa 0 Posted August 11, 2003 (edited) I was much more lazy with my installation, I could not be bothered wiring in the second fan to a switch so I just installed a relay that switched when the fist fan came on, that way they both kick in at high speed when the water temp rises above the 4th line on the dash (low temp switch) and will click off again when it drops below it again. mmm so why was your low speed relay smoking and 2 fans were running then when i saw u !!! Edited August 11, 2003 by Fuqa Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PHyR 0 Posted August 11, 2003 That was the low speed resister dude... and I get changed the setup a bit now.. get with the times! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fuqa 0 Posted August 11, 2003 That was the low speed resister dude... and I get changed the setup a bit now.. get with the times! but u had 2 fans wired up thru it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest richt Posted August 11, 2003 If using the same sort of connector as the Hazards etc, then the 5amp wire from the coil goes to 'F' or 'B'. The other side of the switch, either 'f' or 'B' goes to the battery. Very happy now. A job well done, looks quite neat too although i'll have to get one of the 5 hole centre console bit of trim. Nice guide. Did you use a switch that matched the hazards, if so where you get it from? I want to do the same for mine. Cheers Rich Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan_M 66 1 Cars Posted August 11, 2003 I have a whole spare car in the garage! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest richt Posted August 11, 2003 Which one did you use? Any idea where to get a facia with more holes, mines only got the three holes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan_M 66 1 Cars Posted August 11, 2003 I used the switch for the Hazard lights. Any of them will do! U can buy the 5 hole trim from Peugeot. The continent cars needed them for air con etc. C_W has one and Phyr i think. I have'nt bought one yet so my alarm L.E.D. is hanging about at the mo! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan_M 66 1 Cars Posted August 11, 2003 If you pull the 3 hole trim off, there are 5 square holes behind it. Its an easy install. Give us a shout if your stuck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest richt Posted August 12, 2003 Cheers. I have noticed the trim, not pulled it off though! do pug sell blanking type plates for spare holes? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
