Does anyone know if the dem supplied 12v or ground on the trigger wire that goes to the fan harness?
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho....php?p=5301847 <--- wire diagram in post #5 for reference.
It's a PWM signal.
/.randy
Basically it's a square wave that changes frequency to increase/slow down the fan speed.
Last edited by JimLev; 05-23-2014 at 05:28 PM. Reason: forgot pics
Thanks for the answers, I ended up hard wiring the Taurus fan to the ignition. I live in the south so. It needs to be on at all times anyways l. No aux fan, no mechanical fan with the Taurus fan running on low speed The motor never gets hotter than 215 on a 95 deg day.
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I wonder if the PWM aux fan will run at full 100% duty cycle or at a maximum of 95% in emergency situation?
Not sure where you are going with the 95% versus (say) 100% duty cycle ( like in the 'emergency' heat condition?). However, if the airflow is significant (and it is) the difference in heat removal ( or more technically hear transfer) between 95% and 100% fan speed is almost insignificant.
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What I mean is that when the aux fan has to run at full speed (jet speed) does it run at 100 pwm or slightly less?
So this is why the fan circuit always has power? The factory aux fan has circuitry that reads the square wave input and adjusts the fan speed? In my opinion the mechanical fan is crap and the aux fan is unreliable and weak. I suggest anyone with a 540 use the 1990-95 ford taurus fan. It fits behind the shroud perfectly and has more cfm on the low speed than the 2 factory fans combined. I put one in every 540i I sell and they never have cooling problems again...
Yes, that's the way the aux fan works in cars with the tu engine.
After 14 years and 142K my aux fan is still working fine.
Most ticking timebombs I see are home brewed "upgrades". In for pics of the installation, ducting, and wiring.
/.randy
I'd venture to say any aux fan (pre PWM) that uses resistors and relays to control the 3 speeds are more prone to failure that the PWM fans.
I can't count the number of guys I've helped on the various BMW forums I've been on with 3 speeder.
When my aux fan does fail I'll just turn up the speed a bit on my electric fan until I get a new aux fan.
The taurus 2 speed fan is all the cooling power my cars have ever needed. It works out nice with the older style fan wiring because you can just splice right into it.
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So I've seen how to replace the resistors on YouTube, but nothing on quick fixes for a dead aux fan if its the newer style. My aux fan doesn't turn on with the AC on max. I have the no AC symptom when stopped, but cooold AC when moving. Should I be replacing the whole assembly, or is there a cheaper / less involved fix compared to pulling the entire front off and replacing the aux assembly as a whole unit?
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My aux PWM controller is built into the motor of the aux fan. It's not repairable, you need to replace the fan.
Here's the info (again) about the aux fans used on BMWs from 1995-up. BMW used a 2 stage, 3 stage, and variable speed aux fan. The variable speed aux fan doesn't react like the 2 & 3 stage fans...so don't get confused with it's behavior:
2 stage Aux Fan: up to 1996 MY
3 stage Aux Fan: 1996-1998
Variable Speed Aux Fan: 1999-up
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I used to have it on low speed and high speed but I realized that high speed was never necessary with that much cfm so I now have it so the speed that receives an input from the AC compressor triggers the fan to turn on. so basicly when the ac is on its always on but with the ac off it uses the temp sensor input on the radiator to turn the fan on.
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