My brother has leant me his 1993 Ford fairmont EB11. A red light is flashing intermiitanly it looks like a fan in some kind of cylinder. Could someone tell me what it is?

suspect it may be a light telling you that a cooling fan is not working. Run fault codes to find problem.

You can call the Ford dealer service department. They can answer that for you.

You can tell by your VIN number. Just write down that number and take it into any auto parts store, they will look it up for you. Joe

Check your wires, and the wire loom. They are contacting somewhere.
Look at the wires going back to the tale lights. they come from the brake light switch and they run together with a whole lot of wires.They may have melted some where.

You have either a one-of-a-kind car or you are wrong on the year or model. Fairmont didn't extend beyond 1983.
If you have no experience working on engines, I recommend you buy the Haynes manual for the car:
1978-83 Fairmont

run scanner for trouble codes, some auto parts stores will do this for free

first to remove the fan you will need a big spanner 1, 1/4 inch to be precise and a large hammer. with the fan belts still on and tight from the top, place the spanner on the nut just behind the fan with the spanner pointing straight up. then jar the spanner with the hammer towards the battery,(opposite direction to a normal bolt) once jared loose you should be able to turn the nut off. when refitting just do up firm with spanner

Never heard of a 97 Ford Falcon Fairmont. What model do you actually have. Ford quit making the Falcon and the Fairmont many years ago.

HI Joseph

I also have a 4.0L Fairmont but a 1997 model. I had the gearbox overhauled by Armstrong Ford Pietermaritzburg who referred it to Gearmax- no problems since with the box- cost around R14000 in 2006.

it sounds like it is a frame support, there should actually be a rubber bushing on the top of the washer, the bushing more than likely dry rotted and fell off.