One of my cooling fans is inoperative causing high temps. It got loud last week so I tried lubricating it to quiet it down with some spray through a hole i drilled but it seems to have given up today.

What are anyone who has replaced fans doing for parts? Been looking at used ones online but worried they may not last much longer being around the same age. The auto salvage yards near me, rarely have any of these jaguars to pick parts from.

Was wondering if my best option would be taking a chance on a used one online. Or buying some aftermarket cooling fans from the local parts stores and mounting and wiring them in. has anybody been successful with that option?

thanks for your time.

 

Fan assy from 1995 to 2003 X300/X308 should fit and plug in. You can also remove the shroud assy and replace the faulty individual fan.

The fans are the same 'upper and lower'.

 

Cool thanks. I see a used single motor for sale. Would you recommend that over replacing with new aftermarket fans?

 

I saved all the single fans I accumulated at the Jaguar dealer when I replaced the FAN ASSY. (that is how Jaguar sells them, as a pair in the shroud)

When the assy went in, I saved the single good one and keep a pile for all my cars.

Never knew they sold aftermarket new fans.

 

sorry, i meant these generic aftermarket ones you mount in the radiator and wire in as pictured below. But after reading a few threads in the forums (believe you replied to a few of the threads I was reading) about high and low speeds and them running series and parallel I decided it’ll probably be best buying a used and hoping for the best.

 

I don't think the aftermarket 'generic' fans are a direct fit.
I guess they can be fitted with some work?(modifications?)

 

The single fan motor option may not come with the blades and the blades on shaft circlip may break when swapping over

I have a spare as had to buy the shroud assembly with both fans at the salvage yard

PM me later to go over the cooling fans operational check as a whole system later

 

Would have to forgo the whole shroud and use those pins through the radiator fins to mount it (unless I could figure out a way to attach it to the shroud) and cut the pigtail off the harness and wire it directly. A lot of butchering. Definitely not ideal.

 

appreciate it, ordered one from everydayxj a few hours ago picture showed the fan attached so hopefully it’s there, if not I guess I’ll have to go slow and gentle with it.

I may take you up on the operational check after I get the new one installed though. Read up on different threads about high and low speeds and can’t say I’ve ever noticed different speeds although I’ve never really paid attention as I haven’t had any cooling issues until now. Car is parked until I get the fan running again as the ultra gauge was reading up to 219 degrees at the stop lights on the ride home and wasn’t to excited about that.

 

When you pull off the 3 wire connector ( temp switch ) on the aft lower left on the radiator and jumper one white wire to the black ground wire you will have low fan speed

Remove the jumper and put on the other white wire to black and you will have high speed

This is a low current portion of the system so no arcing hazard

There is a TSB if accomplished that keeps the slow speed running at all times and will cover the TSB later

 

if you jump the switch and both high and low speeds work is it safe to assume the associated relay is ok?

this is just assuming the temp switch signals and closes the relay

as far as the tsb goes I probably have that tsb performed as my fan is always running as long as the ignition is on.

thanks for your help

 

Yes on the first part

On the TSB if you look at the freon line and the 2 wire pressure switch if the connector is removed and a factory jumper plug is installed on the loose connector

The 2 wire pressure switch can also been removed from the freon line

 

yeah, a plug with a white jumper looped wire is near the pressure sensor over there.

I think I have an understanding how the circuit works now. Do you know what temperature the fans kick on high speed?

 

 

cool, thanks so much for your guidance. I’ll jump those two wires and see if they change speeds. If that passes I’ll warm it up to those temps and test the switch. It may be working fine though, I’ve never paid attention, but after this replacement fan comes in I do want to make sure it is working as intended.

I greased the bearing in the fan and the noise seemed to quit for a bit but didn’t drive to much. I heard the noise again on this trip and the fan seemed to give up for good. Or maybe the fuse blew from the added strain of the fan dragging. Either way I have to replace the fan and check the fuse.

thanks again for your help And motorcarman as well

 

Both fans run on the same fuse and this was the reason to have the TSB to have at least one already running before a both fans on and electric motor startup current blowing the fuse and then you have no fans at all

The trip point for the radiator high mode contacts is 212 F so you can check in a pot of boiling water and add salt to have a higher boiling point to ensure the switch closes

 

ohhh got ya, I’ll do that appreciate it

 

The modification we performed at the dealer is TSB 14-06 but there are several others related.

 

Got the fan, and it is working as it should again. And the high speed works. Thanks all.