ECCPP Fit For 2008-2012 Ford Escape 3.0L V6 Radiator AC Condenser Plastic Cooling Fan

Notes:
The radiator cooling fan is an integral part of your car that is responsible forcooling the radiator of your car. The radiator cooling fan does this by eitherpulling or pushing air into the radiator keeping the radiator temperatureswithin the safe levels. A damaged radiator cooling fan is a determining factorin preventing your car from overheating. Below are the materials that you needalong with the instructions on how to replace a radiator cooling fan.
Step 1: Locate the Radiator Cooling Fan
Locating the radiator cooling fan is the first step in replacing it. Turn offyour car and allow it to cool off. Open the hood of your car and you will beable to see the radiator that is located at the back of the grill at the frontportion of your engine compartment. The radiator cooling fan is attached at theback of the radiator through a mounting frame. Under the engine and the radiatoris a sticking cylinder that is encased in a small casing. That is the radiatorcooling fan motor that you may need to change or repair other than the radiatorcooling fan itself.
Step 2: Disconnect the Power Supply
On the fan motor is an electric cable running towards the engine. Find theconnector of the wires from your engine and from your radiator fan motor anddisconnect it. Using two masking tapes with different colors, note theconnection of the wires so that you will not have a hard time reconnecting thewires later.
Step 3: Remove the Fan Housing
Using a crescent wrench, remove the four screws located at each corner of thefan housing. Remove the fasteners at the sides of the fan housing as well. Aradiator cooling fan housing is relatively large and you may need to remove allthe obstructions like hoses and wirings so that you can extract the fan housingoff your car hood. Hold the housing firmly and lift it off your enginecompartment. Be careful in removing the fan housing to avoid damaging it. Placethe fan housing on a clutter-free working table.
Step 4: Remove the Radiator Cooling Fan and the Fan Motor
The fan blade is either pinned or screwed to a shaft. With a screwdriver, loosenthe fan blade and slide if off its shaft. You may need to remove a keeper thatprevents the fan blades from moving up in the shaft up and down. As to the fanmotor itself, remove it from the fan housing using a screwdriver.
Step 5: Attach the Replacement Radiator Cooling Fan and Fan Motor
Install the new fan motor into the fan housing. Slide your replacement radiatorcooling fan into the shaft, insert the keeper and secure the new cooling fan andkeeper into place. Return the fan housing back into its proper place and securethe screws and the fasteners. Reattach the hoses and wires you removed in step3. Connect the fan motor into the car electrical system using the electricaltape guide you made in step 2. You just learned how to replace your radiatorcooling fan as well as your radiator cooling fan motor.