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Condenser fan replacement

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#1 ·
All... Relative noob here wrt car maintenance. I have changed the brake pads on my cars before, but haven't attempted much else. Now to my issue ...

My AC works great when I am at speed, but as soon as I am idling, it blows hot air. I had a mechanic look at it and the freon was low and he fixed that issue. He did notice that the condenser fan was not spinning. He swapped relays with the radiator fan and verified that it wasn't the relay, so it looks to be the condenser fan. From the little that I have found online, it looks like it may be an easy replacement (ie the front bumper doesn't need to be taken off or anything). So I was hoping to find some sort of detailed instructions on how to do this but nothing is coming up on my search. Can anyone offer confirmation on whether this is an easy replacement or not and if it is, are there any instructions online?

Thanks!!
 
#3 ·
If I remember correctly the radiator hoses, battery, and battery tray have to be removed to get the fans out of there. When I replaced my radiator I left the fans in there since I didn’t want to deal with fully removing them out of the way.
You might check if it’s possible to separate the fan’s motor from the fan’s body so you can skip all those extra steps. That would save significant time and effort if possible.