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richhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Active Member

• Jul 20, 2013

• #1

Morning Peeps

I have been surfing to no avail.

I need to buy a Fan removal tool with two holes and a 32mm long spanner.

Cant find anywhere. Only Sport ones and BMW ones.

Anyone know where to purchase, as I really need to change my electric Thermostat.

Ta

Rich

 

Druim

Well-Known Member

• Jul 20, 2013

• #2

richhhhhhhhhhhhhhh said:

Morning Peeps

I have been surfing to no avail.

I need to buy a Fan removal tool with two holes and a 32mm long spanner.

Cant find anywhere. Only Sport ones and BMW ones.

Anyone know where to purchase, as I really need to change my electric Thermostat.

Ta

Rich

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I've just this, don't if any good as I haven't received it yet.
VISCOUS FAN SPANNER & HUB HOLDING TOOL 32mm & 36mm car engine fan removal wrench | eBay

 

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richhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Active Member

• Jul 20, 2013

• #3

Oh ok cheers

I was kinda looking at the ones with two holes in, but by the look of yours, I think it does the same thing.

There does seem to be lots of them and all very similar like the sport one .

Its just that one it never says use for l322 as well, and 2 there seems not to be ones just for l322.

But... as I say above, they all look the same.

Rich

 

Saint.V8

Dyed-in-the-wool 100% RR Junkie

Full Member

• Jul 20, 2013

• #4

To change the stat, no need to remove the fan.....

Easier without the fan, but I changed mine with it in situ...

 

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richhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Active Member

• Jul 20, 2013

• #5

ok thanks I will check that out, if I can get my banana fingers down there lol


Rich

 

Saint.V8

Dyed-in-the-wool 100% RR Junkie

Full Member

• Jul 20, 2013

• #6

richhhhhhhhhhhhhhh said:

ok thanks I will check that out, if I can get my banana fingers down there lol


Rich

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I have gorilla hands too and no majo issues

 

gfromleeds

Well-Known Member

• Jul 20, 2013

• #7

Take it to a local garage bung him i fiver to whip the fan off
It will be ok to drive home no more than a few miles
Do what you need to then put the fan back on hand tight and it will self tighten when engine is running

 

mutsnutz

Well-Known Member

• Jul 20, 2013

• #8

if you put your location up someone local might help you out

 

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Bemble

Well-Known Member

• Jul 20, 2013

• #9

You’re welcome to borrow mine if you are stuck

Phil

 

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richhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Active Member

• Jul 26, 2013

• #10

Thanks for the offer on the tools. I will have a crack at it with out removing. If it doesn't work I will get the garage bloke to shift it. and then do it . if I cab drive back ok like you said. Let you peeps know how it goes.

Ta

Rich

Im in Kent Bluewater
I will add to profile

 

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richhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Active Member

• Jul 28, 2013

• #11

Evening peeps. I have successfully replaced my Electric Thermostat

with out removing the fan or cover/shroud. It was easy bar the bolts

on the way out (little brstrds ). They flew in with easy as I soaked

them in WD40. Anyways diversing here, all done and burped.

Thanks all for the help. Probably be back for some more help.

N.B. I did notice even for as long as I ran the engine, while burping,

that the coolant did not get hot or at least not yet. I ran for a good 10

mins and the temp gauge was middle of the dial. Before when

topping up I have noticed it being hot.

OR IS THAT WHAT I SHOULD SEE.

Ta

Rich

 

Saint.V8

Dyed-in-the-wool 100% RR Junkie

Full Member

• Jul 28, 2013

• #12

See told you you can replace it without removing the fan

 

StuckAgainSteve

Well-Known Member

• Jul 28, 2013

• #13

Get some penetrating fluid. WD40 is crap.

 

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richhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Active Member

• Jul 29, 2013

• #14

Morning. Added the Electric Thermostat last night, just under an hour. I did it without removing the Fan and shroud/cover. Hand soar though Lol.

Thanks for all your help peeps

Ta

Rich

 

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Bemble

Well-Known Member

• Jul 31, 2013

• #15

I’ve just changed my thermostat too. Not sure why you were having to change yours Rich but, in my case, it came about because of the failure of the electric heater which caused a short in the wiring.

This blew one of the five 30A fuses in the fuse block in the E-box.

Scarily, this same fuse also powers both the engine and transmission ECUs.

The result was that I was just pootling along at 50mph when I lost both the engine and transmission at the same time. Fortunately I was able to coast to the side of the road and stop safely. I called the AA and the guy spent an hour trying to find the issue, but couldn’t, so they had to call for a recovery truck to get me home. If it had happened while I was driving in the 3rd lane of the motorway ……..


The thermostat is nominally set to open at 105 deg. C on the BMW V8, which is the condition used at part/light throttle openings to extract the best fuel economy/emissions.

Once the coolant has passed through the engine the resulting temperature at the sensor is around 110 deg. C.

When the engine is under load the engine ECU switches on the electric heater to open the thermostat at a lower temperature. For example, when driving on the motorway I’m measuring 95 deg.C coolant temperature using my Faultmate, compared with 110 deg. C around town.

Under this strain (temperature & pressure) I guess it’s not surprising that the cooling system in the L322 has its problems.

 

Datatek

Well-Known Member

• Jul 31, 2013

• #16

An electrically heated thermostat is another piece of uneccesary over complication IMO and having on the same fuse as the engine and transmission is just plain bad design.

 

fett

Well-Known Member

• Aug 6, 2013

• #17

ahhh bemble is still on here how do I get hold of him? I need his advice but hes not taking PMs

 

fett

Well-Known Member

• Aug 7, 2013

• #18

guess he dont like me nemore

 

2.0_hippo

Well-Known Member

• Aug 7, 2013

• #19

fett said:

guess he dont like me nemore

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fett

Well-Known Member

• Aug 7, 2013

• #20

get back to the gaylander section scum