Clarkey

i'm not so sure, mine has been broken for years, and its never overheated even when stuck in stop-start traffic for ages on roasting hot days.

second ruined slicktop i've seen in as many weeks, some people :(

yes, has a viscous fluid clutch in there to alter the torque applied to the fan according to the temperature, normally it will spin quite freely but when it gets really hot it will lock up more and the fan will become noticeably noisy.

lol nar mate that is the viscous fan and will run all the time, you will notice its belt driven from the crank.

spotting zeds sucks imo, I like the exclusivity of it. They are still a rare sighting these days, but are positively common compared to back in '01. The experience isn't what it used to be, tell someone these days that you have a 300zx and they just assume you have a shonky old wreck because thats what a significant amount of them are :/ Show someone you have a nice one and they assume its an unreliable money pit, and they are right lol :p

Get it on a conzult/datascan and find out what the temp reading is, high temp or faulty sensor is the only thing which should make it cut in. Just to clarify, you do mean the small push-fan in front of the a/c condenser, right..

christ mate thats fookin awful :hurl:

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nasty :/

found it now mate but thanks anyway for anyone that may be interested, password is SUNCREAM

i'll get back to you with that when i find out ;)

If so I would be very grateful for the password to tonights sun freeroll poker on will hill :)

NA ones are different, and I would guess the later models with electric HICAS too.

damn, i think something went bad, I shorted the connection in the relay box and the fan moved a little then stopped, I coaxed it into moving a little by hand and it starts spinning slowly, with a little more manual assistance it was spinning much faster but still pretty slow so I thought i'd check the voltage, stuck the volt gauge accross the relay connection and it was showing 10v, obv this isn't very good so I though i'd start up the engine and see if it gets better. Anyway turns out the battery was low, I guess caused by the fan because it was fine yesterday, but when i tried to start up the engine something went BANG and a electrical burning smell followed so I took that battery off super quick. Checked all the main fuses and nothing is blown so I have no idea what it was, lets hope it was just being quirky. Anyway I guess a new fan is in order. To remove it will the airbox being out be enough or will I need to move the oil coolers too?

It is just an air filter, and yes. I would avoid cheap ebay stuff though, Apexi ones are the best for zeds, Danny at DTA on here sells them for a good price.

affirmative.. http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=85275&highlight=swb+differences

I guess you have series 2 climate mark? If not then you are losing your marbles lol s1 is auto or nothing.

is your engine working? ;)

thanks Smithy that has given me some ideas and Dave C, temp sensor is fine, sorry must have taken you a while typing that out!

stupid damn nissans, seems to get at the connector I need to remove the airbox, what a total PITA that is, I gave up after a while, will go cut my hands/get dirty/swear at it some more tomorrow :/ Clarkey

allright will take a look shortly, i guess i'll have to skin on my knuckles considering i have the stock airbox in.

My electric fan doesn't work and i've been trying to figure out why. First port of call was the relay box, there is 'RAD FAN' and 'SUB FAN' relays in there, which one is right? The relays in both of those are blue ones the same as the aircon one, I know the a/c works so i swapped over the both of these relays with the a/c one and it was still dead so I guess that rules out that. Is there a fuse for the fan? I read the footwell fuse box translation and there isn't one in there, maybe one in the other box behind the suspension turret? Is there anything else that might cause it not to work, other than a dead motor? I've been trying to make it start with the coolant temp sensor disconnected, because I couldn't be arsed taking the laptop out, is this method guaranteed to make the fan cut in? Thanks :)

couldn't tell you from personal experience but have read good things about them some opinions in here actually http://300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=84954&highlight=falken

to the best of my knowledge all of the 60k parts are the same as the TT with the exception of the spark plugs.

fix the speed sensor it will cause no end of troubles.