@Archtronics thanks for the pdf. I knew the fan was somewhere near the pollen filter but wasn't exactly sure where
@riber3 I've just changed my fan. It's a piece of piss mate. I wasn't looking forward to do doing it cos I didn't know how easy it is.
I'll put some pics up of the sequence I used. I took pictures just so I'd know exactly how it all came apart. It's pretty self explanatory really, you'll see when you come to do it.
My fan was knackered, wasn't spinning properly and making alot of noise. I guess thats why I had a burning plastic smell , also the fan was intermittent.
First of all you remove the driver's side scuttle panel , like you would if you chaning the pollen filter.
Then under there you'll see another smaller black panel with a big white clip on. Slide that towards to passenger side and then it just pulls out towards the front of the car.
With that removed you can see the fan housing.
In the first pic you can see a big connector/plug . Pull up the red part and then the connector just pulls apart. Also unclip the small plug with the yellow and brown wire.
There are 4 x 6mm bolts to undo. Then you have to wriggle the fan housing out towards the front of the car, pull out the plug from the fan with the red and black wire. That s it. Refit the new fan in reverse order and job done. Takes 30 mins max. If I had to do it again it would probably only take 20 mins to remove and refit. I was taking my time and taking pics as I went along.