[s-cars] Viscous fan clutch has gone bad. Electric Fan, anybody done it???

[Mark Strangways]

I just cut mine out.
Will not need it this winter, may not need it thru the summer.
VW passat I think has an electric unit that will bolt in place with little 
to no mods, from what I have heard.

Mark S
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Emmett03 at aol.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 1:48 PM
Subject: [s-cars] Viscous fan clutch has gone bad. Electric Fan,anybody done 
it???


> I'm thinking rather than to replace this expensive inefficient fan I would 
> just install an electric fan in its place. What size serp belt would I 
> install? How hard is it to remove the fan, special tools?
>
> I've found a price of $100 for the clutch and $50 for the pulley assembly. 
> Which one of these would cause a noise, only at idle.  The noise sort of 
> sounds like a knocking, which I thought was the motor but the noise went 
> away when the serp belt was removed.  Also, the fan is loose, I'm not 
> going to drive it anymore in fear that the fan will break apart and 
> destroy the radiator.
>
> What have you all done???
>
> Thanks for your help.  Emmett
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