My 89 3.2 has developed a problem...
When I start it from cold there is a electrical type whine from the engine bay!
I have tracked this down to what looks like a fan in the air recirculation system (the fan is located on the top left of the engine bay to the left of the throttle assembly) and is powered simply by a two pronged connector.
The car starts and runs fine when I disconnect it (and the noise disappears too!).
My question is this though - Is this an essential fan? What is it's purpose (I assume it is for cold starting/running only?), what is it called (so I can replace it) and anything else anyone knows about it...
I couldn;'t find it in my haynes so is it a lte addition to the 3.2 engine or (as suspected( is haynes just missing the info?
All comments welcome.
Cheers
Tim.
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When I start it from cold there is a electrical type whine from the engine bay!
I have tracked this down to what looks like a fan in the air recirculation system (the fan is located on the top left of the engine bay to the left of the throttle assembly) and is powered simply by a two pronged connector.
The car starts and runs fine when I disconnect it (and the noise disappears too!).
My question is this though - Is this an essential fan? What is it's purpose (I assume it is for cold starting/running only?), what is it called (so I can replace it) and anything else anyone knows about it...
I couldn;'t find it in my haynes so is it a lte addition to the 3.2 engine or (as suspected( is haynes just missing the info?
All comments welcome.
Cheers
Tim.
Migration info. Legacy thread was 19137