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Check your radiator fans for age related damage
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<blockquote data-quote="Balmain Bob" data-source="post: 637900" data-attributes="member: 739"><p>I was out detecting on Saturday arvo and on the way back to camp the engine in the Patrol became unbalanced.</p><p>On Sunday morning when I went out to have a look at the engine I found that 3 of the blades on the radiator fan were missing.</p><p>It appears that one of the fins had an age crack in it and gave way taking the other 2 fins with it. I was very lucky that they didnt go through the radiator. The fan looks original so that makes it about 24 years old.</p><p>[ATTACH]206[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p> Not being able to really use the Patrol while waiting for the new fan to arrive I decided to strip down the engine to replace a worn cylinder sleeve. While hammering the new sleeve into position the bock of timber that I had on top of the sleeve snapped causing the side of the new sleeve to fracture. Not Happy.</p><p>[ATTACH]207[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Ive ordered a replacement sleeve but now will have a 10 km walk into town to pick it up when it gets here.. Im hopping that the lease holder next door gets up here this week and can give me a lift</p><p></p><p>So before you head out into the scrub this season check your fan and if its starting to yellow with age consider replacing it.</p><p>I was very lucky that the broken fins didnt go throught the radiator.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Balmain Bob, post: 637900, member: 739"] I was out detecting on Saturday arvo and on the way back to camp the engine in the Patrol became unbalanced. On Sunday morning when I went out to have a look at the engine I found that 3 of the blades on the radiator fan were missing. It appears that one of the fins had an age crack in it and gave way taking the other 2 fins with it. I was very lucky that they didnt go through the radiator. The fan looks original so that makes it about 24 years old. [ATTACH alt="20220314_123956.jpg"]206[/ATTACH] Not being able to really use the Patrol while waiting for the new fan to arrive I decided to strip down the engine to replace a worn cylinder sleeve. While hammering the new sleeve into position the bock of timber that I had on top of the sleeve snapped causing the side of the new sleeve to fracture. Not Happy. [ATTACH alt="20220314_094905.jpg"]207[/ATTACH] Ive ordered a replacement sleeve but now will have a 10 km walk into town to pick it up when it gets here.. Im hopping that the lease holder next door gets up here this week and can give me a lift So before you head out into the scrub this season check your fan and if its starting to yellow with age consider replacing it. I was very lucky that the broken fins didnt go throught the radiator. [/QUOTE]
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