spread some parts along the road

[RallyD]

Laid into it yesterday and heard a terrible sound. At first I thought that I did some major damage to the engine but there was still power. Apparently the fan blades decided to take flight and destroy the radiator and anniliate the shroud. When the first few blades let go I had romped it leaving a light and saw some black pieces coming out the back. Didn't think much about it. Initially thought I ran over some debris. Then while accelerating onto the highway the **** hit the fan, er, the fan hit the **** with all the remaining blades flying off at 6000rpm.
i'll take some pics but didn't have a chance because its the wife's car and already pulled the radiator to see if it could be repaired.
probably wouldn't have happened if the fan clutch was warmed up, oh well.

[Jon K]

hood dent up?

[RallyD]

dont think so, but didn't want to look i was so pissed.
but on the bright side it'll be really easy to change the belts

[winfred]

those fan blades suck, sometimes ill sell a half to a whole dozen new ones in a weeks time, unless the clutch is locked up (seen it) it should kick out by design before it gets to dangerous speeds

[t.wak]

This happened with my car, also... Had to replace my radiator, etc as well. Cut a fair bit out of the sound-deadening material on the hoot and put a couple of small dents in my hood. Unfortunately it stretched the metal so is not a cheap task to fix.

[70383roadrunner]

those fan blades suck, sometimes ill sell a half to a whole dozen new ones in a weeks time, unless the clutch is locked up (seen it) it should kick out by design before it gets to dangerous speeds

So I would asume that you are saying that the fan blade should be replaced before this happends. Would you suggest buying original BMW or aftermarket? I have never replaced mine.

[winfred]

oe bmw if you are going to try to head it off before it explodes

So I would asume that you are saying that the fan blade should be replaced before this happends. Would you suggest buying original BMW or aftermarket? I have never replaced mine.

[txp135]

So what's the replacement interval?

[nixter]

So what's the replacement interval?

+1

[winfred]

complete crap shoot as to when it's going to blow, ****er may last another 300k miles or blow up the next time you start