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rhudeboye · 10-14-2010, 11:21 PM

After installing my Dice unit I had a problem getting the climate control to work. . I added the ashtray mod allowing me to dock my iphone there, which in turn required me to remove the Climate control unit. When I put everything back and reconnected the batt. I tested the Dice and it worked flawlessly. But the climate controls were dark and not responding First thought was I didn’t plug something in snug enough. Nope all plugs were tight. So i figured I tripped a fuse. No again. All fuses are good. So I decided to turn the engine on, remove the unit from the dash and wiggle each wire to see if I could get the power to kick on. when I wiggled the center harness the heat came on . I faced everything upright to realign and put back into the dash and it shut off. It appeared to be a short in the wire because I could make everything come on by bending the center group of wires. As I bent back and forth with motor on the Air would come on and off full blast. I finally reinstalled it allowing the wires to bend at the back of the unit in a way that made them happy. Now it comes on every time. But get this, now the fan in the front of the radiator (pusher fan) spins too fast. when I first start the engine it spins at a norm speed. After about 20 seconds of quietly spinning it begins to rev up faster and faster till it starts to make a vacuum like noise. Not crazy loud but enough to hear that the fan motor is under stress.

I posted this on E46 and I’m getting little help. I know I’m talking to Porsche guys but any help in trouble shooting this will be appreciated.