Engine fan

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Engine fan

Postby rockman on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 3:46 +0000

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 :shock: .

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

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Re: Engine fan

Postby bansheebuzz on Sat, 24 Oct 2009 6:27 +0000

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

Postby mrtk on Tue, 19 Apr 2011 6:39 +0000

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.
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Re: Engine fan

Postby Drew on Thu, 21 Apr 2011 5:57 +0000

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.
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Re: Engine fan

Postby cairnzy_j on Tue, 25 Oct 2011 9:22 +0000

What type/grade of oil do they use? How much?
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Re: Engine fan

Postby Steve9R on Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:03 +0000

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

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