Hi mate, welcome to the club Just trying to think back to when I was swapping fans etc.. In my mk2 VR, but think it was the rad switch thinking about it and not to the fan motor. Never known VR fans without the oval connector though, you probably can chop in a new plug if you really wanted, but seems a lot of work when you can easily get hold of a mk3 being broken for parts that probably will fans available Personally I'd get the correct part for the job... But that's just me