engine and drivetrain is the fan in front of the air compressor....

[Guest Anonymous]

is that fan only for the air conditioning or does it play an imortant role in cooling the engine?

[PSloan]

There should be a fan for the engine and maybe one for the condenser, right?

[Guest Anonymous]

yes in front of the radiator, what does it do?

[esty]

yes in front of the radiator, what does it do?

that's the A/C fan

[Guest Anonymous]

so it does nothing for the engine

[Brandon]

so it does nothing for the engine

If you're a/c is in working condition you will need the additional fan..otherwise the car will overheat. If your a/c is inoperable or if you plan to remove it, then you don't need that fan...so long as the red engine driven fan is in place.

[Emyers]

The fan is there primarily to keep air flow over the A/C condensor during low speed operations with the A/C operating. This fan is even more important for acceptable cabin cooling if the original R12 refrigerant has been changed over to R134a.

Earl Myers

74 2002Lux

72 1800ES

[BarryA]

so it does nothing for the engine

If you're a/c is in working condition you will need the additional fan..otherwise the car will overheat. If your a/c is inoperable or if you plan to remove it, then you don't need that fan...so long as the red engine driven fan is in place.

Depending on where you live, I dunno that I'd necessary agree with the lack of need for a pusher fan on non-a/c cars. My '69 has a 3 row radiator core and cooled fine in warm weather (80+) with just the engine driven fan as long as traffic was moving at 15-20 mph or more. In stop & go traffic or idling, however, the temp gauge would climb toward the red much too quickly for comfort.

A couple of years ago, I added an E21 a/c pusher fan and thermo switch - now the fan kicks on when the coolant temp gets up around 205 degrees and goes off at about 190, and the temp gauge never goes past the half-way point.