Smaltze
Senior Member
Tried searching about and cant get the info i want.
Im not sure what this fan is actually called, its the fan between the engine and the radiator that spins off the pulley system.
Somehow, im not sure how the fan has been damaged, two of the blades have corners broken off. i actually believe this might be unrelated and may have happened at another time but i didn't pay attention. the square cover that sits over it was also cracked/snapped and ive removed it for now.
Anyway, whatever console the fan is attatched too in the pulley system is loose. When i wobble the fan with my fingers the whole unit that the belt is sitting on moves. It has dropped low and the fan is hitting various things lower down the engine, it only moves by a few millimetres up and down. Its only ever so slightly hitting them, makes a intermittent very small tapping noise. like holding a pen against a desk fan and it gets obviously much worse when driving/accelerating.
Ive tried tightening the 8mm allen bolt of the fan but i don't think it had much effect, if i let the fan come round with the allen key the whole unit rotates.
I guess what im asking is, is it a bearing that is attached too which has gone or is it something else that is just loose and can be tightened. how can i reach it, will i have to take off the radiotor.
Here is a video of it:
https://vid.me/VCxk
Im not sure what this fan is actually called, its the fan between the engine and the radiator that spins off the pulley system.
Somehow, im not sure how the fan has been damaged, two of the blades have corners broken off. i actually believe this might be unrelated and may have happened at another time but i didn't pay attention. the square cover that sits over it was also cracked/snapped and ive removed it for now.
Anyway, whatever console the fan is attatched too in the pulley system is loose. When i wobble the fan with my fingers the whole unit that the belt is sitting on moves. It has dropped low and the fan is hitting various things lower down the engine, it only moves by a few millimetres up and down. Its only ever so slightly hitting them, makes a intermittent very small tapping noise. like holding a pen against a desk fan and it gets obviously much worse when driving/accelerating.
Ive tried tightening the 8mm allen bolt of the fan but i don't think it had much effect, if i let the fan come round with the allen key the whole unit rotates.
I guess what im asking is, is it a bearing that is attached too which has gone or is it something else that is just loose and can be tightened. how can i reach it, will i have to take off the radiotor.
Here is a video of it:
https://vid.me/VCxk
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