Thinking of using that 40 year old fan?

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Sat Oct 04, 14 8:39 pm

This happened to me years ago. I switched to a leccy unit

I found this on a yank site .

They can grenade and cause some serious damage, this guy was pretty lucky

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Sat Oct 04, 14 8:47 pm

I'll take my chances Drew. Had my crank pulley fly off my 06 Transit on Monday. Luckily only at tick over , could have been much worse.

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Sat Oct 04, 14 8:49 pm

What rpm was he running when that happened?

Fan looks different to mine? (Mine is fixed not clutch type)

db · Post by db » Sun Oct 05, 14 8:18 am

Happened to my workmate's BT Transit. We noticed it was overheating. Ignored it for a while, as you do with a works van. Eventually thought we'd best check the coolant and noticed a big gap where the fan should be!

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Sun Oct 05, 14 9:07 am

Common fault on Transits, we've had a few fail at work. Everything fails eventually, a fan that has been flexing for many thousands of miles will fatigue at some point and not just at high RPM.

TW71 · Post by **TW71** » Sun Oct 05, 14 3:05 pm

I have had one get the tips bent, go off balance which resulted in the water pump bearing wearing very quickly resulting in coolent loss.