Viscous fan units. pattern or OEM?

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• Mar 4, 2018

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Need a new viscous unit, prices vary a lot and i was wondering people experiences with Britpart/Bearmach/Allmakes etc or is it worth stumping up over double for an OEM item?

The reason i ask is my electric fan **** the bed so going back to viscous :/

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• Mar 4, 2018

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I just been there due to the fan getting a bit wobbly due to the viscous couplings bearing on its way out.

And surprise surprise the although I had the part number as a guide the verity of prices, any way I went for the OEM one as I was replacing the genuine one fitted at the factory.

 

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discool said:

I just been there due to the fan getting a bit wobbly due to the viscous couplings bearing on its way out.

And surprise surprise the although I had the part number as a guide the verity of prices, any way I went for the OEM one as I was replacing the genuine one fitted at the factory

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Yeah I am probably going to go OEM, about £60, the bearmach ones are about £25 :/

Going to try my local motor factors first, they are usually quite price comptetitive and normally a decent manufacturer etc

 

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They all seem identical but OEM and genuine have production part numbers on around the inner edge and there is more than one all are finely engraved, patten parts don't, unless poorly hand engraved (scratched) with something.

The OEM part I purchased came in a brown box and had a Britpart label on it, but as we know that also supply pattern and genuine parts and yes just under £60 including p&p.

Should have ordered a filter at the same time and would have got free p&p .

 

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• Mar 5, 2018

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I went back to a Visco's fan also from a Kenlowe electric one. The Kenlowe worked fine, but I found myself always watching the temperature gauge . I went for a cheap one:
http://www.paddockspares.com/etc7238-viscous-unit.html
I have had it on for 3 years now problem with it. I just drive the Defender and don't give the temperature gauge a second thought.