E46 Cooling Fan Relay Location

Fuse box in engine compartment near the battery.

E46 cooling fan relay location. These cooling fans rely upon electric motor and they typically have a moderate to high slow draw which means that they are commonly controlled with a relay that relay controls the fans for the engine. It is not a replaceable part and comes. Just showing the location of the relay box under the hood on the e46. There is no engine driven mechanical fan.

Relay r1 main relay relay r2 cooling fan relay relay r3 catalytic converter relay r4 vacuum pump relay relay r5 receiver transmitter relay r6 direction indicator relay r7 cut off relay relay r8 terminal 15 relay. The fan is mounted between the radiator and the engine and is the main engine cooling fan. For the bmw 3 e46 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 model year. The aux fan relay is located on the fan shroud on e46 vehicles.

Almost all modern vehicles rely upon electric cooling fans to pull air through the vehicle radiator to keep the engine cool. On all bmw models up through the late 90s the auxiliary or main fan is controlled by one or two thermostatic switches that are mounted into the radiator side or bottom tanks.