cheap 14" fans on ebay...any good?

[yoeddynz]

hi all,
i'm looking at these cheap (£40 ish) pacet fan copies on ebay uk and i'm wondering if anyone here has tried one out?

I've had kenlowe in the past but there are bl--dy expensive! £113 ive just been quoted on 14" fan alone!

any ideas out there on what these chinese things are like?

[Ether]

No idea. But the ones from www.ratsport.co.uk are good and slightly cheaper.

[cobblers]

I got one off ebay, 12 inch for about £40. Its worked fine for a year now, and it's on all the bloody time because it's a bit too small really and my car idles at 1800rpm

[yoeddynz]

cheers matt and cobblers,
i just looked at rat sport and they look good but are more expensive and so i rang them- they'll only courier.(expensive) and the fella couldnt tell me how many watts they are. the ones on fleabay are 80 watss (not a lot really) and kenlowes about twice that.... its annoying being a tight fisted w--ker as i don't wanna spend loads but i wanna know more about what i'm buying....
hows about these eh?...

cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180269793433

apparantly 7 amps (about 84 watts ..? 7 x 12...?)

[popuptoaster]

dunno why anyone would buy a new fan when scrappies are full of em.

[bortaf]

get down the scrappies mate, all you need to buy is a stat/sensor or a switch

[dave364634]

i don't like cheap chinese things. you usually buy them, then buy something else when they break.

ive got diesel 205 fans and a

www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=13553

in my capri. i think ive got a twin set of sierra ones if your intrested.

[Autofive]

odd that this subject should come up this evening, as i fitted an electric fan today


scrap yards are full of them, but most i looked at for my 2.8 cortina were unuseable, due to the depth of the motor - in the end Pug 309 fitted the bill, a couple of hours with an air-saw cutting off the huge plastic surround and it fits like a glove

[Fiat Daft]

i'm going to need a thin fan soon,any recomendations? sorry for the thread hijack !

[popuptoaster]

I got a granny aircon fan in mine, its as big as the whole rad.

[JonnySierra]

I've just picked up a Calibra Turbo fan for the Sierra, looks to be sturdy and pretty slim, and it was free!

[yoeddynz]

neatness and ease. Its all in sight on a tidy bay so i don't mine spending a little for some thing to mount up tidy. Plus the size will be spot on. On any other car i would just pop to the local flatcap wearing scrapman and grab one off a wreck.

[Blown_Imp]

I'm using a zafira air con fan on the imp, absoloutley bloody huge! and £7!

[Nathan]

I am using a Donated (cheers PaulMi6) 205 fan on mine, well when i get round to fitin it.