Viscous fan knocking noise

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terribletaj
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Post Tue Jan 07, 2014 5:37 pm

Hi

I have a e30 325i touring which has a strange problem with the viscous fan, when the car warms up and the fan engages it makes a loud knocking noise, almost like a seized tappet sort of noise. I thought it might be hitting something but all seems clear and spins ok when the engines not running. Once it cools down the noise then goes away again.

Its got a new viscous clutch, the £100 beru clutch from ECP, so not a cheap ebay one. Only thing I noticed it has a coil spring centre rather than the strip across the centre, not sure if that has anything to do with it?

Any ideas what could be going on?

Thanks