After my radiator replacement, my car has been making a weird loud noise when I shut off. I noticed my fan was spinning too easily, and I though the clutch was shot. Took the radiator out again, removed the fan... this is what I found to be the problem:
That's the front fan spacer. The crown broke off of it! According to realoem.com, it was supposed to have had a washer, assumedly to prevent exactly this from happening.
edit* There actually was a washer, and the break is all around the perimeter of it. The break is blackened inside, so it looks like this had been developing for some time. *
Can I fake one of these with an assemblage of washers from the hardware store?? Does anyone have an extra? I'm having trouble locating this exact part name. The realoem drawings show something a little different than this.
Last edited by socalfiver on Thu Oct 07, 2010 7:57 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Get the right one, fan issues can get nasty leading to things like a broken water pump and fan in the radiator.
Mike W.
02 525ita. Wife's, aka grocery getter
02 530i. New to the fleet, 3 pedals.
03 QX4, AKA the Datsun. Finally got the 4WD vacationmoble to stop smoking.
07 Xterra. Still on the DL, a purchase from hell.
Whoa!!! $10.50 to mail a $7 washer through USPS! For that price, I could order from the dealer! I wish I needed other stuff right now, because that is a huge rip-off for shipping.
I knew what you were looking for and that's just the first place I looked.
Yeah, a lot of times for little stuff you're better off just going to the dealer. There's minimums on shipping and just as much time for them to package a .29 part as a $200 one many times. All of which is why I try never to sell anything for less than $20 if I'm shipping it!
Mike W.
02 525ita. Wife's, aka grocery getter
02 530i. New to the fleet, 3 pedals.
03 QX4, AKA the Datsun. Finally got the 4WD vacationmoble to stop smoking.
07 Xterra. Still on the DL, a purchase from hell.
wkohler wrote:I'd like to see a photo of that Grundig tabletop unit.
That caught my eye too.
Mike W.
02 525ita. Wife's, aka grocery getter
02 530i. New to the fleet, 3 pedals.
03 QX4, AKA the Datsun. Finally got the 4WD vacationmoble to stop smoking.
07 Xterra. Still on the DL, a purchase from hell.
