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Re: Condenser Fan
Posted by David Prantl (more from David Prantl) on Mon, 20 May 2002 10:01:06
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00 

> I know hotter markets got an additional fan in front of the condenser.

Wow, that sounds truly unbelievable ! I would have said for certain that 
all SAAB's with factory Air Conditioning would have a condenser fan, but... 
anyway...

In 1995 my father travelled from Prague to Goteborg, purchased a 1990 
SE-market 9000i B202 5-door, and drove it home to CZ. This car had only two 
factory options on it: Cruise control, and A/C. The factory A/C package 
included that front pusher-fan for the condenser.

> I would like to know how this fan is mounted (has the
> stud sittint in the middle of the condenser something to do with it ?)

It mounts at three points. Two are ears on the side of the condenser unit, 
and the third is the nut or stud near the middle of the condenser. Fitting 
this fan should be a no-brainer.

> where to look for possible prewired connector and relay location.

The connector should be present, somewhere in the vicinity of where the fan 
goes. It's a simple 2-pole waterproof unit, similar to the one for each fog 
light. The relay panel is accessible only when the glovebox is removed. 
You should see a schematic pasted to the back side of the glovebox ceiling, 
indicating the function of each relay spot. If the A/C fan relay is 
missing, you need to add it. I'm pretty sure this relay is the same as the 
one for the fog lights or the horn, but would have to check the 1992 9000 
factory wiring manual to be sure.

> (adjusting TXV or equivalent) ?

1992 is the first year that the 9000 model used a block-type TXV. I suppose 
that it may be physically possible to adjust this TXV somehow, but I am sure 
that there are no specificarions or procedures for any such adjustment.

If your vent temps remain low when you let the car coast (idle) down from 
high speed, but rise when the car has been idling at a stand-still for some 
time, then the addition of the condenser fan should be the right move.

David.

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