Radiator/Fan Problem

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:13 pm

Fan still starts and stops as normal, but something's interfering with it which you can only hear immediately on start up, or just as it's winding down on stopping. As the fan's on the underside of the rad. and is a pig to get to, anyone any ideas as to what it might be??

cheers,

Tom.

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:26 pm

NOOPS 160 wrote:
Tom wrote:Fan still starts and stops as normal, but something's interfering with it which you can only hear immediately on start up, or just as it's winding down on stopping. As the fan's on the underside of the rad. and is a pig to get to, anyone any ideas as to what it might be??

cheers,

Tom.
Faulty.......

Sorry Tom couldent resist.

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:28 pm

ok, so it's faulty. Thanks noops

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so what's clonking against the fan blade then??

tenkfeet · Post by **tenkfeet** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:24 pm

Pete had a similar thing so may be able to tell you what caused it on his car.

Post by **pete** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:42 pm

Mine fouls on it's shroud when it is running causing a "plastic fan blade rubbing against plastic surround" type noise.

Unfortunately I forgot to mention it when I was having a new rad fitted so it still does it. I find the best solution is to ignore it, and if it kicks in when I am parked pretend it is coming from someone else's car.

Pete

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:56 pm

pete wrote:Mine fouls on it's shroud when it is running causing a "plastic fan blade rubbing against plastic surround" type noise.

Unfortunately I forgot to mention it when I was having a new rad fitted so it still does it. I find the best solution is to ignore it, and if it kicks in when I am parked pretend it is coming from someone else's car.

Pete

Sweet, that sounds exactly like my noise

thanks for that pete

another SE problem solved.....

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:25 pm

While changing my rad I realised my fan was goosed too. Non servicable so replaced.

Clam off I am afraid.

s333fee · Post by **s333fee** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:02 pm

can you get your front grille off and stick your hand in to have feel about incase it is something you can get to.

tut · Post by **tut** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:11 pm

Tom

As per Pete, both my cars do it. N1 is worse, and if it has not been on for a while, I have to free it manually with a long screwdriver through the front grill.

N3 works fine but is just noisy, so I ignore it.

tut

mac · Post by **mac** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:17 pm

why not line the inside surface of the shroud with grip tape. that will soon deal with the interference issues

Mac

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:50 pm

mac wrote:why not line the inside surface of the shroud with grip tape. that will soon deal with the interference issues

Mac

Never thought of you as a boarder.

mac · Post by **mac** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:08 pm

Sanjoy wrote:
mac wrote:why not line the inside surface of the shroud with grip tape. that will soon deal with the interference issues

Mac
Never thought of you as a boarder.

You use it as a step point on the roll cage - stops your feet from slipping on the way in and out

Mac

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