Mine also got noisy recently. I have an air con and therefore have a
three stage fan. there was a big green resistor behind the left front
headlight that need replacing.

The symptoms below describes my (ex) problem.
1st stage comes on when engine gets hot.... was not working
2nd stage comes on whenever air con compressor was switched on .... also
not working
3rd stage comes on when the engine gets very, very hot...  this was
working  Sounds like the car is about to take of.

Jimmy Sanby
89 Syncro a/c

>>> Modl6971 <Modl6971@AOL.COM> 18/May/1998 07:40am >>>
In a message dated 98-05-17 09:25:38 EDT, dane714@WORLDNET.ATT.NET
writes:

<<
 Mine is very loud too,  but I have a feeling that this is normal....it
is a
 pretty big fan.

 I remember it first kicked on about two days after I bought the thing
while
 stuck in traffic.  Scared the heck out of me until I figured out what
was
 going on.
  >>
Your cooling fan should be very quiet. What you are experiencing is the
low
speed curcuit not working on your cooling fan. The radiator fan switch
has a
low speed and a high speed curcuit. When the low speed  doesn't work any
more,
the high speed curcuit kicks in. You need to replace the fan switch
located
behind your lower grill on the drivers side.   The cooling system will
need to
be properly bleed afterwards.  When that high speed comes on, it sure is
noisy. Michael M. 87 syncro.