M20 viscous fan getting stuck against rad

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Post Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:16 pm

Hello all . I'm having a major problem with my cooling fan . I have bought a viscous coupling fan and new radiator as my car didn't have these when I bought it . These items was bought from euro car parts . The fan blades keep getting wedged up against the radiator . As if there isn't enough room for the fan to spin . The fan blades are fitted correctly on the viscous but I have a feeling the rad may be for a e36 . Is this possible . The radiator looks quite thick . Help please
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Post Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:41 pm

put a pic up of your rad, and the viscous with the fan attached
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Post Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:12 am

Engine type would help....
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Post Sat Aug 03, 2013 5:10 am

M20 325i I don't know how to post pics on this site :-(
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Post Sat Aug 03, 2013 7:28 am

Are your engine mounts intact ? If the mounts are shagged this is one cause of the problem you describe.

IIRC E36 Rads have the header tank built in so if the rad is and E36 item it would be obviously wrong when compared to the one you took out.
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Post Sat Aug 03, 2013 4:51 pm

capri_rob wrote:Are your engine mounts intact ? If the mounts are shagged this is one cause of the problem you describe.

IIRC E36 Rads have the header tank built in so if the rad is and E36 item it would be obviously wrong when compared to the one you took out.
engine mounts are all in line and fine . im going to replace the viscous with a electric fan kenlowe
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Post Sun Aug 04, 2013 11:30 pm

Have you checked that the bottom of the rad is properly seated ? If so I suspect that they've either given you the wrong rad or the car may have had a frontal impact reducing the space available.
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