Removal and installation the cooling system fan (Opel Vectra C)

Attention! Any maintenance or repair work on the cooling system must be performed on a cold engine!

1. This Section describes in detail the operation of removing the cooling system fan only for Z16XE/Z18XE engines without air conditioning, for others only additional operations and features are given.

Engine Z16XE/Z18XE (without air conditioning)

2. Disconnect the battery (see Chapter 5) and the engine cover (see Chapter 2).

3. Remove the front battery cover and disconnect the radiator hose.

4. Disconnect the connector (see accompanying illustration) wiring of the cooling system fan control module.



5. Raise the vehicle on a lift and release the lower edge of the front bumper cover from the four clips (see Chapter 11).

6. After unscrewing the 2 mounting bolts (see accompanying illustration), carefully remove the fan housing with the electric motor from the engine compartment upwards. Unscrew the 3 bolts securing the fan assembly to the housing and remove the fan.





7. Remove the locking bracket (see accompanying illustration) and remove the fan motor.



8. Installation is carried out in reverse order.

Features of Z22SE/ Z22YH engines

9. Before removing the fan housing, it is necessary to first remove the battery with the tray (see Chapter 5), then unscrew the mounting bolt and remove the intake air tract resonator installed on top of the radiator.

Features of the Z20NET engine

10. Before removing the fan housing, it is necessary to first remove the battery with the tray (see Chapter 5), as well as the air duct of the intake tract.

Features of the Z19DT(H) engine

Note: On models equipped with a 1.9L diesel engine, there are 2 fans installed in the housing.

11. To remove the fan, first remove the radiator (see Section 7) and disconnect the engine cooling fan control module from the housing.

Features of Y20DTH/Y22DTR engines

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12. Remove the radiator assembly together with the fan (see Section 7).



13. After unscrewing 2 bolts (see accompanying illustration), remove the fan housing from the radiator, disconnect the electrical wiring connector(s), unscrew the mounting bolts and remove one or both fan motors.