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A Reminder To Check Your Radiator Fan For Cracks And Stress Fractures

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tridentt150v Grand Master

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Not on a Skyline, but on my "who gives a fk" 4wd, I found said cracks so used a CA glue and filler [ok superglue and baking powder but maybe fancier, who knows].

Fan was still going fine many years later when I sold it, inspected when I replaced the HB and it was all still together then, was actually impressed with my cheap arsed fix :), wasn't sure it would last that long, but it was fine.

Duncan Grand Master

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I'm running the Gtech fan in the Stagea, it overheats just the same as it used to with a stock fan :)  Using an n1 water pump on a road car was a bad idea but I've never got around to pulling everything apart and changing it

*edit* specifically, if it is idling on a hot day, it keeps getting hotter until I chicken out and turn it off. If I keep the revs above 2000 it cools down again

Dose Pipe Sutututu Grand Master

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38 minutes ago, Duncan said:

I'm running the Gtech fan in the Stagea, it overheats just the same as it used to with a stock fan :)  Using an n1 water pump on a road car was a bad idea but I've never got around to pulling everything apart and changing it

*edit* specifically, if it is idling on a hot day, it keeps getting hotter until I chicken out and turn it off. If I keep the revs above 2000 it cools down again

Lazy clutch hub not engaging properly? Even on a 35 degree day with the A/C on, mine doesn't overheat. Just the coolant hoses behind the starter decided to weep and put the car off the road for 6 months instead llolol

Duncan Grand Master

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1 hour ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

Lazy clutch hub not engaging properly? Even on a 35 degree day with the A/C on, mine doesn't overheat. Just the coolant hoses behind the starter decided to weep and put the car off the road for 6 months instead llolol

Not impossible but unlikely, I changed it at the same time I changed the fan. Aftermarket of course,  Nissan wanted more than a R34 Nur for a genuine one

Dose Pipe Sutututu Grand Master

Dose Pipe Sutututu

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3 minutes ago, Duncan said:

Not impossible but unlikely, I changed it at the same time I changed the fan. Aftermarket of course,  Nissan wanted more than a R34 Nur for a genuine one

What radiator are you using? 

I did have overheating issues before sitting in traffic with the AC with an eBay special radiator, moved to a PWR and problem went away.

Just ended up blowing the motor instead.

TurboTapin Experienced

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16 hours ago, GTSBoy said:

I have seen the aftermath of a rotten old stock fan. It took apart the shroud, wrecked some other stuff (PS or A/C, IIRC) and damaged the bonnet. Not ideal.

Sometimes they die more gracefully. Sometimes they live for years and years looking like they should come apart.

The GKTech fan is not different to how it ever was. At least as far as I know. Whether it is any good or not is more a question of what climate you're using it in. In Canuckistan it seldom gets hot enough for the capability of the fan to matter as much as it does here in Fourex. So you should be able to use it without too much concern. You can always sell it to a driftkid in an S14 if you don't like it.

I'll go ahead and replace it then just for peace of mind. I've never seen my coolant temps go over 82C, so like you said, should be fine. Cheers!

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