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15th October 2016, 08:27 PM
#21
Completely drain and cleaned out old oil.
Recon 50 mls is more like what came out, so in with near 3 bottles.
It's now a bit harder to turn by hand than it was before.
I recon it now a little louder cruising so presume bit more air being worked by fan.
Ambient air temp to cool to tell if its made any difference but next time vans hooked up will be the real test.
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15th October 2016 08:27 PM
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15th October 2016, 11:04 PM
#22
Originally Posted by
Robo
Completely drain and cleaned out old oil.
Recon 50 mls is more like what came out, so in with near 3 bottles.
It's now a bit harder to turn by hand than it was before.
I recon it now a little louder cruising so presume bit more air being worked by fan.
Ambient air temp to cool to tell if its made any difference but next time vans hooked up will be the real test.
Yeah I reckon I need to put more in mine. I got more oil. I might even think about doing it next week maybe. I'll have to think about it though. Looks like too much hard work to remove the hub and fan with the rad still in.
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16th October 2016, 12:44 AM
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Legendary
Originally Posted by
mudski
Looks like too much hard work to remove the hub and fan with the rad still in.
Ponder on it with a glass of red..
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16th October 2016, 07:59 AM
#24
Patrol Freak
Mine is definitely louder now with 50mls in the hub. Also looking forward to seeing what temps it runs when I work it a bit.
If I need to modify it, there's just no room to get the G35 off without taking the rad out.
John
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17th October 2016, 09:01 AM
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Hey did not read all of this but one thing to remember with a diesel and temp riseing
if you lift your foot so your not pushing fuel into the pots it will stay cooler both egt oil temp and water
dont lift compleately just lift your foot enough so your still makeing power but not over fueling
I never go into the outback with out a decent supply of water,
and the general rule for how much you'll need is three litres
per day , per person, per man per degree over 25 degrees
celcius, per kilometer if walking on foot, in the winter months
dividing it by two, plus... another litre... at the end .... Russell Coight
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17th October 2016, 12:05 PM
#26
Originally Posted by
jff45
Mine is definitely louder now with 50mls in the hub. Also looking forward to seeing what temps it runs when I work it a bit.
If I need to modify it, there's just no room to get the G35 off without taking the rad out.
How I went about it, remembering I only have the std fan.
I never loos-send the belts off at all, saved some time and hangs onto the pulley ok.
You may want to line up the viscus/water pump nuts on each side so you can see them easily this helps alot removing and replacing them .
Also using a ring spanner for replacing said nuts helps alot especially if the nuts incorporate a washer they can only fall out of the spanner one way.
Remove cowling.
Take rad top support brackets off.
Siphon radiator top tank into a clean bucket.
Remove top hose from rad only, raise & lift it backwards over the top hose cradle/retainer, this holds it out of the way & retains fluid in the hose & thermostat housing.
Clamp rad forward to rad support panel this will give you much more work space to remove the fan.
I used a slide adjustable, rubber foot, G clamp to hold the rad, and that worked fantastic.
I lost very very little coolant onto the ground this way.
Crack the 4 fan bolts firstly then crack the pulley nuts.
Then finish removing the fan then the viscus hub.
When replacing the viscus and fan--
Assembly the fan to viscus out of the car but leave the fan bolts very loose.
This saves alot of time as you will no longer have to line these bolts up blind and then leaves you enough room to work on the hub nuts.
tighten up replace hose and refill radiator etc finished.
Last edited by Robo; 17th October 2016 at 12:10 PM.
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17th October 2016, 04:28 PM
#27
Patrol Freak
Trust me, with a G35 fan and 52mm thick 3 core rad, there's no way of doing it without taking the rad out.
I have about 15-20mm space between the fan and rad.
John
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mudski (17th October 2016)
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17th October 2016, 09:18 PM
#28
Originally Posted by
jay see
Ponder on it with a glass of red..
Haha yeah i did. But it ended up being the entire bottle.
Originally Posted by
jff45
Trust me, with a G35 fan and 52mm thick 3 core rad, there's no way of doing it without taking the rad out.
I have about 15-20mm space between the fan and rad.
Yeah i have around 30mm. I really dont want to remove the rad.
Im hoping i an get the fan and hub off without taking to much skin off my hands.
I think ill put in another whole bottle maybe. So its 2.5 bottles in total.
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17th October 2016, 09:51 PM
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Legendary
[QUOTE=mudski;700460]Haha yeah i did. But it ended up being the entire bottle.
That doesn't surprise me.
I think ill put in another whole bottle maybe. So its 2.5 bottles in total.
Yeah, that would made it look like a easy job.
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18th October 2016, 04:45 PM
#30
Originally Posted by
jff45
Trust me, with a G35 fan and 52mm thick 3 core rad, there's no way of doing it without taking the rad out.
I have about 15-20mm space between the fan and rad.
I to have thicker52 mm radiator
By clamping the rad forward as described you gain approx 20mm I recon.
I'd be trying my way but skip removing the fan from viscus, and remove fan & viscus as an assembly.
I recon it may just come out that way, can't hurt to try.
Pulley studs are only about 20mm long.
Last edited by Robo; 18th October 2016 at 04:50 PM.
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THEN IT'S A COMPROMISE
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