Air con fan part number

[PelzoT]

Hi. Could someone tell me the part number for the electrical air con fan for a year 2000 A6 please. Need to replace but want to get the bits before dismantling the car! Thanks Perry

[Doctle Odd]

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[Col]

Top tip here but entirely sure it will work on an A6 but I'm very sure it will.....

Ask for a Passat B5 fan which, last time I bought one, was £40 from GSF with the later B5.5 Passat one costing £140. All you need to do is cut off and swap the plugs.

Take the old fan in with you to match them up.

They are easy to remove, there is a single grub screw on the perimeter, once out, twist the fan casing a bit and it is off. Then unclip the loom.

It is worth that extra bit of effort to save £100. I've had to replace these twice, once on each of the B5.5 Passats I've had and used this trick. Strangely the fan on my A6 was alright.

[Cb750]

Hi, can I come in on this thread? I have got to change my air con fan that mounts onto the radiator shroud as well (1998A6). Does this one come off by twisting and will the Passat one work?

[mrnice]

Me too!

[Col]

They should do.

An easy way would be to do two part searches on eurocarparts or gsf for the A4/6 and then the Passat.

I'd be almost certain that they are the same electric fans on the 1.9 TDI's. The earlier Passat B5 fan though (last time I bought one) was significantly cheaper but you do have to cut the plugs off and swap them.