Subject	cracks are common in the fan
Posted by	robo (sebring1970) on July 05, 2021 at 11:32 PM
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In Reply To	What's left after fan blew up :P posted by thumper300zx on July 05, 2021 at 05:48 PM
Message	this is the first time I have heard of a fan failure. Perhaps our cars are getting to that age where we should consider replacing the fan as preventive maintenance "Straight-line acceleration is probably the first aspect of automotive performance that any intelligent driver gets bored with." Peter Gregg "We owe a lot to the dragsters. They always break something, figure out a way to beef up the part and then the benefit trickles down." Robo "Not everything that can be counted counts. Not everything that counts can be counted." Einstein
Follow Ups	What's left after fan blew up :P - thumper300zx 17:48:06 07/05/21 Upper shroud? (n/m) - ZXoltan 18:17:55 07/05/21 Re: What's left after fan blew up :P - thumper300zx 18:23:50 07/05/21 cracks are common in the fan - robo (sebring1970) 23:32:11 07/05/21 Yup, I just did this on my TT. I had the front end taken - Musashi Sword 08:26:58 07/06/21 I replaced mine at the first sign of a crack last year. (n/m) - Zeus 08:27:43 07/06/21 3rd, any fan with a few cracks gets replaced - vorpalZed 09:08:26 07/06/21 Agree, I think plastic parts are more succeptible - robo (sebring1970) 17:56:41 07/06/21 Just say no to crack kids. (n/m) - MixManMash 21:26:56 07/06/21 Are those kids who smoke crack or - robo (sebring1970) 22:32:30 07/06/21 Re: What's left after fan blew up :P - Datsun240Z71 05:48:19 07/06/21 I had the same whack. It's a bummer your fain failed, but - Woodnutz (PA) 06:29:00 07/06/21 Re: What's left after fan blew up :P - Unluky (MO) 08:15:53 07/06/21 Fans should just be replaced at same time as the 120K kit. - Aqualung 10:09:51 07/06/21 Yes. (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 11:48:46 07/06/21 Part of the regular maintenance as you mentionned ! (n/m) - Oppaman Z 13:46:58 07/06/21 Re: Yes. - NashNative 14:50:59 07/06/21 OEM is my go to (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 18:50:12 07/06/21 Is that part of the factory service recommendation or the - robo (sebring1970) 17:51:13 07/06/21 Yours was replaced. (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 18:50:59 07/06/21 thanks, but that's not that I was thinking about. - robo (sebring1970) 19:24:27 07/06/21 There is no such thing as a "factory service" about anything - Bernie (NoVA) 10:34:33 07/07/21 I thought we were talking about fans (n/m) - robo (sebring1970) 13:57:43 07/07/21 is it part of the factory 120K service... was your question. (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 23:24:39 07/07/21 Check out this "new" OEM fan on ebay. - ZXoltan 14:53:23 07/06/21 Has anyone tried the GKTeck fan blade? (n/m) - itsa300zx 15:14:27 07/06/21 GKTech fan..very Noisy, waste of money stick with OEM (n/m) - Z Force1 19:12:30 07/06/21 It's noisy af. (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 19:13:26 07/06/21 Those cracks were way deep.. I replace them always. cheap - CmyZ 20:52:08 07/06/21
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