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« on: January 12, 2006, 05:28:07 AM » |
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I've just changed the viscous fan on my 2.0 Dippy.
What should have been about an hours work, took about eight hours.
The fan, pulley hub and pulley are different on post '93 cars, but I thought ;never mind', so I had a go anyway. The pulley's didn't line up. the fan blades fouled the crankshaft pulley vibration damper and I had to slacken the automatic timing belt tensioner to get the last bolt out of the pulley hub.
Beleive it or not, the worst job was putting the vibration damper back on. These have to be perfectly lined up before the bolts will engage, but it's almost impossible to see the holes, it's all done by feel. Took me hours.
Having got it all back together, as stated before, the fan blades then fouled the crankshaft pulley vibration damper, so I re-profiled the blades a tad. All is ok now, but lads, if you've got a '93-on model and you need to do this job, FFS buy '93-on parts, it's so much easier.
Should've mentioned this earlier, I used parts from an earlier car.
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mrogers
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« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2006, 10:32:54 AM » |
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How she running now mate, has the fan made a big difference?
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Tetleysmooth
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« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2006, 12:51:32 PM » |
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Hello Marcus.
The new fans fooked I'm afraid.Had it running this morning, it started to get a little warm, so I looked under the bonnet and the fan was stationary. So it looks like I'm going to have to do the job again. I'll probably order some new blades from Vauxhall, which I should have done in the first place.
Other than that, the car's fine, very happy with it.
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« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2006, 01:39:25 PM » |
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Cool i havent even touched the Senny yet, i decided to put the 300zx back on the road first as it has an mot already. Now my brother in law says he cant afford to run the volvo, so thats stuck on my driveway and needs to be sorted and cleared before i can bring the senny back  Ohh well gonna keep me busy anyway lol. |
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« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2006, 01:40:50 PM » |
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convert it to an electric fan, much easier
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« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2006, 02:03:24 PM » |
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Why not sell the Volvo for 15 quid and make 3 quid profit Marcus  The original fan I took off had the single bolt through the middle at the front. It looks like the 2.6 & 3.0 litre 24 valve engines have the same fan fitted, Graham at onlyopels has got a couple, so looks like I'll be taking a trip over there soon. Johnny A, you don't mention electrics & Tetleysmooth in the same sentence.  I haven't had the car long enough to burn it. |
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« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2006, 02:11:03 PM » |
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Sorry dude! I was'nt aware of any difference in the fans, otherwise I would'nt have sold it to you. If you get the kit for a leccy fan and come over I'm sure Chris and I can have it sorted reasonably quickly for you. (Sorry to rope you in again Chris ) LOL Day |
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« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2006, 02:26:27 PM » |
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No problem Murph. This is a learning curve for me too If the worst comes to the worst, I'll stick the bashed up fan back on. I'll see if the 24 valve fans are the same before I think about electric fans. Next time, the job shouldn't take so long |
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« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2006, 06:20:30 PM » |
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Sounds like what i did in the end mate, i put the origional fan back on, just as a stop gap. I couldnt even work out how to remove it in the end, which is why it only had 4 blades on the fan Just then it started whining which was an annoying noise. Have you replaced the drop link? I would sell the volvo for 15 quid, but im a greedy git and im sure it just needs a 60p fuel filter and a flush to get thru mot, i cant see anything else wrong with it. Then i will sell it for more and possible my senny also, for a GSI.... Mind you i do like the senny , we will se when i put it in for MOT what condition she is in. |
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« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2006, 08:27:04 PM » |
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The fan was easy to remove in the end Marcus. One big Allen bolt comes out from the front.
Don't ever get a V6 Volvo i.e. 760, I had one a couple of cars ago, they're very quick but very thirsty.
Also I could never quite get the engine running right, no matter what I did to it.
Not fitted the ARB link yet, been too busy doing other stuff. They look a piece of piss to replace though, so once I've done the fan, I'll sort the link out.
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« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2006, 10:01:05 PM » |
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If your looking for a fan of a 2.6 I've got one of them on the engine i took out of shell I'm using yours for postage.
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« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2006, 06:47:06 AM » |
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If your looking for a fan of a 2.6 I've got one of them on the engine i took out of shell I'm using yours for postage.
Thanks Martin, but I'm going over to see Graham at onlyopels this morning. He's only about 20 mins away from me. I'm taking a couple of bits with me to make sure everything is going to fit. If I have his one and it's ok, hopefully it'll be a while before I have to touch the fan again.  |
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« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2006, 07:36:19 AM » |
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If your looking for a fan of a 2.6 I've got one of them on the engine i took out of shell I'm using yours for postage.
Thanks Martin, but I'm going over to see Graham at onlyopels this morning. He's only about 20 mins away from me. I'm taking a couple of bits with me to make sure everything is going to fit. If I have his one and it's ok, hopefully it'll be a while before I have to touch the fan again. dont forget to ring murph and we will meet up and go for a burger or sommat lol |
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what would life be like if we all drove fwd cars? feckin boring that's what rear drive or bust
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