GolfGTIforum.co.uk

Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: catch on 17 July 2007, 08:34

Title: noisy radiator fan
Post by: catch on 17 July 2007, 08:34

Has anybody experienced problems with a noisy radiator fan?
Can the mechanism be taken apart and greased or is this not possible?

Title: Re: noisy radiator fan
Post by: scooter perv on 17 July 2007, 16:33

Yeah my fan is well noisey, discovered it the other day when it sounded like a jet fighter was under the bonnet  :huh:

 Ive just bought a second hand motor from this guy but I did wonder that if I could squeeze a bit of greese in there?? bolts for the fan shroud are prob gonna break when I try and sort it anyways  :lipsrsealed:

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=63010.0 (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=63010.0)

Title: Re: noisy radiator fan
Post by: catch on 17 July 2007, 20:34

ok cheers.
i did oil the mechanism which helped a little.
i can feel a trip to the local scrap yard coming on...

Title: Re: noisy radiator fan
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 17 July 2007, 20:37

more than likely the fan bearing has gone, so when it kicks in, it keeps shaking, and catching the fan cowling. Happened to mine when i was at santa pod, had to do a quick fan change over inbetween runs. Great fun.

Title: Re: noisy radiator fan
Post by: catch on 19 July 2007, 06:27

It seems there are a number of different fan types on the MK2.
My fan has two pins on the male part of the connector attached to the back of the fan.
All i could find in the scrap yard were 3 pin fans but these were not off GTI's.
Anybody know the correct part number for a 2 pin fan for a 1988 GTI 16v k-jet, engine type KR?