Thread: Oh joy

Originally Posted by Bohica

Or not. Lotus use Toyota engines. They do not have provents or any kind of factory fitted catch can. You need to be careful about what people post here as some people are just plain ignorant, brain dead almost.

You need to lighten up a bit mate

Originally Posted by Bohica

Or not. Lotus use Toyota engines. They do not have provents or any kind of factory fitted catch can. You need to be careful about what people post here as some people are just plain ignorant, brain dead almost.

And Isuzu motors.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

And Isuzu motors.

Not zince the mid 80s. Going from memory they had the Rover K engine in the 90s and the Toyota 1.8L in the Elise from 2000 or there abouts and the 3.5L v6 for the Evora.

Been busy for the last week or so and haven't been able to get to it but today is the day. First problem is that there is no way that the fan will come off. Last time I had the fan off a couple of years ago it came off with only a couple of taps on the end of the fan spanner. This time I've tried all sorts of methods of holding the pulley still while I THUMP the fan spanner and there is no movement at all. I'm starting to think that the incompetent fools who last had the fan off may have used Loctite on it. And yes, I am treating it like a normal right hand thread.
Next step some heat and more thumping on the end of the spanner.

Originally Posted by rangieman

I upgraded my intercooler and while i was at it i replaced the Radiator as it was 14 years old just because i could .
I found replacing the Alternator a easy job with all the above and fan removed
If it helps i have the spanners you can borrow but im in Narre

Ta heaps for that but I have a mate who has a whole shed of tools including an array of fan tools. He's a big bloke too so If I need extra muscle I've got access to that in exchange for a few coldies.

Originally Posted by Bohica

If you are going to remove the inter cooler for a clean, think about installing a provent. That could be the last time you flush the inter cooler. Also EGR delete.

Last time I cleaned the intercooler out, about 50k km ago, there was bugger all oil in it so I'll just give it a bath and let sleeping dogs lie I reckon.

OK so now I'm stuck. Heat didn't work with the fan. It seems that there is no amount of force that will loosen it.
Looks like the battery box and stuff comes out so I can change the alternator with the fan in place unless someone has a novel solution to the fan removal problem.... The only thing that I can think of that will cause this degree of stuckness is the dreaded Loctite. That means that I won't be cleaning out the intercooler and doing the other stuff I had planned. Oh well such is Land Rover life.

Tried these ??

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