AOW162435

They are both the same part. Sunset sells them for $35 or so.


Andreas

murfysflaw

Both my oil-cooler and AC ones were bad as found in the PPI on my car... oil cooler was changed, but I still haven't seen the need to mess w/ the AC one. Who knows... I may just do it this winter when I'm not driving her much.

Paul902

thanks, Andreas. I am curious to find the OEM to see if they could be sourced from an electronics supplier at lower cost.

Fred's 964

Both fans have 2 speeds, the lower speed will not work if the resistor is bad. The fan will not work at all until a high speed signal is sent. There is a previous thread on how to jump the fan relay with a resistor to trigger the fan to turn on high when a low speed signal is sent. You could do this until the relay is replaced or instead of replacing the relay. Some guys like this mod as the oil cooler fan comes on at full speed all the time it runs. I'll try to find it, but you can search for "fan relay".

viperbob

Just as an aside, even though both resistors are the same, they are held in with different bolts. The Oil cooler / passenger side uses a hex head screw that recesses into the resistor and then fastens with a nut on the underside of the tin cover. On the AC / drivers side, the nut is welded onto the tin and uses an allen bolt (round head) through the resistor.

Garth S

Isn't that the sad truth .... I tried to spin off the welded nut on the AC side - quite tough it was! ( 4mm allan key on top works better ....)

shamrock

Slightly OT , apologies!

My A/C resistor's shot , but I find the air is still cool thru the vents as long as I'm not in traffic (presumably air flow over the A/C condenser is enough to do the job while the car is moving) .My question is , if I'm stopped in traffic , and the A/C fan isn't working could I be doing any damage to the A/C system components??