Yep, it should! Only thing is if you wire it up the same as mine then you’ll likely not get one fan speed from that fan since both power wires would be spliced together (I believe so at least), if you wanted to make sure you could use both fan speeds you’ll want to wire it up a bit different
Would I need to swap the wiring so black would be live and red would be ground on the fan if I use it as a pusher fan to push air through the radiator?
Reversing the polarity would make it spin the opposite way, but I’d strongly advise against doing it that way because you’d likely see little benefit considering when you’re driving the car, (ram) air is being pushed through your radiator towards your engine, so if you attempted to have the fan push air back out the other way, I’d imagine all you’d do is reduce the efficiency of both the ram air coming through the front, as well as the air you’re trying to push out from the back. In my opinion you’d do more harm than good that way, if you installed it the way I did you’d only ever aid in pulling air through the radiator and out towards the engine, alongside the ram air already going through it The ONLY time I could see it working the way you’d want is in stop and go traffic when you’re exclusively stopped, otherwise like I said you’re fighting the air coming in with trying to push air out, hope that helps and thanks for watching! 👍🏼
@Anthony_B wouldn't it work the same as an auxiliary fan? My z3 only came with the clutch fan, but I don't want to remove the clutch fan as it's a nightmare, so if I fit an electrical fan to work with the clutch fan it should be okay as a pusher fan or would the result still be the same
Hmm, are you asking if you can use an electric fan in place of an auxiliary fan, the one for your a/c condenser? And if so, did your car not come with an auxiliary fan when you got it? I’m not 100% familiar with those cars but I know they’re basically e36’s, and I did quickly check right now and it appears they do come with aux fans originally, so if you’re asking if you can use an e-fan as an auxiliary fan replacement, then I don’t see why you couldn’t Your original comment made me think you wanted to remove your clutch fan (the one in front of your radiator thats bolted to the water pump) and install an e-fan to push out through the radiator and out the front of the car, which like I said before likely isn’t efficient, but if you’re trying to install it on the front of your condenser and push air through that AND the radiator towards the engine, then yes that should work as it won’t be fighting the air coming in the the front of the car when driving
@Anthony_B my z3 didn't come with an auxiliary fan and no ac.. if I use an e-fan in front of the radiator to push air in to work with the stock fan, it should work as an auxiliary fan 😅 my bad I didn't explain it very well, thank you, I really appreciate the help
I have this same exact setup on my e36. Do you experience any overheating issues with the a/c on? (If you still have a/c) If you still have your a/c, does it blow as cold as it did before the single e-fan upgrade? I feel my a/c isn't as cold as it could be. Love the vids, definitely want to see this car finished through and through. Keep it up, and thank you for the content.
I appreciate the kind words! 🤝🏼 so prior to the e-fan install I did have working a/c, but now that my auxiliary fan is removed it won’t blow as cold as it did before because the fan isn’t helping cool the condenser down. You might notice that your a/c works better while driving on the freeway vs stop and go traffic around town, that would mimic what the fan did. As far as overheating goes, if you’re noticing that your car is getting hot when the a/c is on, there’s a good chance something else is wrong within your cooling system. The a/c being on will put a little more load onto your engine because the compressor is running when the a/c is activated, but it shouldn’t be enough to overheat your car, so I’d start looking at diagnosing then replacing whatever isn’t working right so you don’t actually overheat. I’d also say that it’s probably wise to start by just confirming your cars cooling system is properly bled as these cars are known to be difficult to bleed, but once that’s confirmed if you’re still having slight overheating issues, I’d start looking for what parts aren’t doing their job correctly 👍🏼
@@Anthony_B Thank you for the reply, incredibly helpful. I do believe it was because I didn't bleed the system right. I do have one more question. Do you think you could just rewire the aux fan into the same wires you spliced? or would that not work. I reach out to another content creator with the same setup and said there shouldn't be a problem doing like that. I just want my a/c to blow cooler and with the aux fan not wired it's just dead weight like you said. As always thank you for your help, I'm glad to see more e36 content creators:)
You could do that, and if you did you wouldn’t need to splice into both of the power wires (the blue and the black/blue), you’d only need to splice into one (one will be for low speed aux fan operation, and the other for high, but your spal fan will likely only have one speed so it shouldn’t matter which wire) The only thing I’d advise you of is to be careful doing that as I’m not 100% sure the fuse for the circuit can handle operating 2 fans at once without blowing, I’d also STRONGLY advise if you do decide to run it like that to only use the correct fuse that’s supposed to go on that circuit, and not trying to get around it blowing (only IF it does) but putting in a higher amp fuse, that’s a perfect recipe for burning up wires and could lead to a fire if you’re not careful
@@Anthony_B I mean the oem aux fan. Do you think I could just twist the low speed and high-speed wires together and call it good XD. or maybe run a spal pusher fan on the front of the condenser along with the spal puller on the rad. I don't really have anyone that can answer my question because no one has done it before. Everyone I know running an e-fan are drifting and don't need a/c but mines a daily and want to have the luxury. Thank you for your help.
For what purpose would you want to do that if you don’t mind me asking? If you already have the oem aux fan in the car and it’s wired like oem, then I’m not sure what you’d be trying to do by splicing those together other than to have it run more often, but if your car doesn’t have an aux fan and you’re trying to get one or use a spal fan for the sake of the a/c working better, I’d say you’d be best off to just run the oem setup the way it’s designed, but you probably could run a spal fan in the aux fans place IF you wanted, just make sure you set it up where it’s blowing air in the right direction is all
