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  1. 4th March 2011, 07:23 AM #1
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    dont disregard a fan wobble

    i had a small wobble in my engine fan and thought "itl be right till i change the engine" well...... WRONG. the fan exploded on my way home tuesday and it took out my radiator, power steering, some coolant hoses and a nice big dint in the bonnet. it was doing 4500rpm when it went pop, mmm less of a pop and more of a BANG!!!!! sounded like it threw a leg out. luckily tho it happened 100m from my house so it wasn't hard to get home.

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  2. 4th March 2011, 07:58 AM #2
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    I feel your pain, the exact same thing happened to me about two months ago - took out radiator and hoses etc too, as well as my battery box and dented my bonnet in two places Oh and my radiator was only a few weeks old !!!
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  3. 4th March 2011, 02:06 PM #3
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    Right, how many kilometers had these fans done, maybe we can create a MTBF and I can replace mine before it blows!
    Now: 2005 L322 Vogue 4.4 M62TU (Black)
    Before: 2000 P38A HSE 4.6 - stately capability | 2008 Kluger KX-S | 2004 Forester | 2000 Yamaha XJR1300 | 1993 VR Calais | 1974 HQ Statesman - 308 V8 | HT | HK
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    My fan was about a month old, a couple of weeks older than my radiator It was sold as an OEM fan and looked identical to the original - except the viscous part of it worked much better (as does my new new one - it fair roars now). Guess it was flawed. Broke in the same way that Wangle's did - in a circle around the centre hub. Was pulling around 4500rpm also, it was a very hot day (40+) - scared the beejesus out of me when it went - very loud
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  5. 6th March 2011, 07:15 PM #5
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    my fans was 220k old and now i run thermo fans
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  6. 6th March 2011, 07:56 PM #6
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    WangleMoose:
    Did you find much of a Power Upgrade by Converting to Electric Thermo Fans?
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