If anyone is looking for a resistor kit for there low speed cooling fan, this is great kit. Fan Relay Kit.

Chad
Detroit Tuned

 

Google Mouser. I got a great resistor housed in an finned aluminum cover. You mount it to the aluminum mounts on the drivers side. Tomorrow I can provide the part number of the replacement resistor. Easy to install and works great without buying a whole fan assembly.

Send me a message if you need the part number info.

Good luck

 

can you post the part number, links and a pic if possible please?

 

i'd still like to see the finned aluminum part, but a replacement component that looks OEM is $21.79 on rockauto.com

2006 MINI COOPER 1.6L L4 Supercharged : Cooling System : Radiator Fan Resistor PriceNo parts for vehicles in selected markets.ÜRO PARTS Part # 17117541092R Cooling Fan Resistor Repair Upgrade Kit
$21.79

 

I'll try posting the photo from my iPhone. Here we go...also the part number on the resistor is:
ARCOL 11-31
HS 100. R33. J



I used heat sink paste between the resistor mount and the aluminum upright

 

did anybody identify the power rating? Here's the Arcol .33Ω resistors:
http://www.mouser.com/Arcol/Passive-...z0vijb&FS=True

 

If you look carefully at the pic two posts up, it says HS100 on it, so it's the first one - 100 watts.

 

You are correct. I dug up my receipt from Aug 2011. It was part number 284-hS100-0.33
And is 100 watt

 

cool, ordered now. if anybody has a "how to" for the Arcol part pictured in post #30 and specified above, much obliged.

 

Regarding a how to. When you remove the fan shroud assembly you will need to cut the tabs off on both sides of the green resistor and throw away the old resistor.. Then I improvised and turned the metal tabs into the male end of a "spade connector" I made up 2 extra heavy (14-16 gauge??) braided lines and put female spade connectors on both ends of the two lines and simply plugged them in to the fan leads and the resistor leads. As you can see in the photos I coiled up the extra line and zip tied below the resistor.

Note at the fan side you could as easily splice into the wires. I used spade connectors to make replacements a breeze. Turns out the resistor is heavy enough to outlast the car so a quick disconnect is a waste of time.

 

i'll have the arcon here this afternoon. just need to read through the other long thread; it appears we can tap into the wiring at one of the connectors and not have to remove the fan assembly at all.

 

it can be connected much more elegantly, but this clearly shows the "how to" connect the replacement resistor w/o removing anything: https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...1-post867.html

 

Thanks for all the info. I cant tell which side of the resistor is A or B? Does it matter? It looks like the wire from the low speed fan wire goes to the "bottom" of the resistor as it's pictured. and the high speed the "top". But the pictures cut off so I'm not sure. Thanks for the help.

 

Doesn't matter.

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Thanks!!

 

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...esistor-2.html

Excellent

 

17117541092R

DIY: https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...placement.html

We usually have these in stock.

http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/SiteSearch/17117541092R/

 

Great! Does that work with both up to 03/2003 and from 03/2003 cars? Any advice on mounting it? Looks like it just takes a screw into the shroud. Correct?

 

We have a how to here: http://www.detroittuned.com/Instructions

Chad
Detroit Tuned

 

hi to you all i have a mini r56 2007 , since i full rebuild the engine i came a cros with a issue with the cooling fan low speed , i chanche the thermo , the thempreture senso and still not working , it gets hot , so i start testing and when i disconnect the plug from the thempreture sensor all works finne , i start the car and the fan low speed work good keeps the turbo cool i drive and in traffic and highway and all it ok , so when i get back to my garage i tun off the enngine , and the fan stay on for arounnd 5 to 7 minits , so it can cool down the turbo so far so the after turn off , but if i plug the thempreture plug back on , the its a problem nothing works ...... but if i unplug it off all work fine no i can drive the car all day with no issue of overheattinng the engine or the turbo , anyone have any experience with this issues , ???

thanks!!!!!!!!