Engine fan

[rockman]

Has / does anyine bother to check the engine fan at all .
My aircon guy /mechanic had a look at both our hilux's and both where all but empty of oil .
Quite an easy job to get to , split , oil and through back together again .

Reason for going to him in the first place was out auto seemed to leak just a whisper of oil when we towed the camper / float .Aircon dude looks at the fan , just free spinning , he even had the nads to grab it at 1500rpm .

Anyway , maybe time to have a look at you fans , apprently they run out of oil at around 60k .

Cheers

[bansheebuzz]

i have never seen a genuine toyota hub run out of oil at 60k, 200k+yes seen plenty

[mrtk]

i have noticed that in the past 3000 - 4000 kms my engine fan has started to become very noisy. it is intermittent but mostly noisy when the engine is cold. im sure its not right (it sounds like a patrol or something!).
could this be the oil ???
my lux has done about 145k.

[Drew]

Thats normal. Its the oil in the fan, it will take a few mins for it to loosen up and spin freely and go quiet then when it heats up it will lock up and be noisy again.

[cairnzy_j]

What type/grade of oil do they use? How much?

[Steve9R]

someone needs to do a write up on the removal / oiling and replacement of them please ?

Steve