Please help !! I know this has been covered & have searched

offroadmad · Oct 26, 2011

200 tdi, the manual says viscous fan l/h thread just checking this isnt a misprint cos ive tried with the screwdriver between the 10mm pully bolts but the taper on the pump makes it almost impossible and with them loose so it will work they start to bend ! also tried grips on the pump & adjustable on the fan coupling, seems extremely tight am i deffo trying to un do clockwise ??????
Is it poss that it has a fan off a petrol ???
cheers
stu

Fur Trapper · Oct 26, 2011

offroadmad said:
200 tdi, the manual says viscous fan l/h thread just checking this isnt a misprint cos ive tried with the screwdriver between the 10mm pully bolts but the taper on the pump makes it almost impossible and with them loose so it will work they start to bend ! also tried grips on the pump & adjustable on the fan coupling, seems extremely tight am i deffo trying to un do clockwise ??????
Is it poss that it has a fan off a petrol ???
cheers
stu

Turn the nut to the right

as you are looking at it:doh:

offroadmad · Oct 26, 2011

cheers fur trapper, so its not l/h thread then, manuals wrong ???

storm99 · Oct 26, 2011

Beep...incorrect. It is lh thread...otherwise it'd spin off about 8 seconds after engine starts..

offroadmad · Oct 26, 2011

i will try harder then lol

Fur Trapper · Oct 26, 2011

offroadmad said:
cheers fur trapper, so its not l/h thread then, manuals wrong ???

Opps turn to the right sorry

jamesmartin · Oct 26, 2011

tis lh thread ,normal easiest to whack spanner with hammer with belt tight to shock it off as if you where tightening normal nut ,hitting flats of nut with long flat ended punch can help loosen it

easye1 · Oct 26, 2011

as i have been through this over the last few days, when i got to undo the l/hand thread, all belts were already off, so I used a good oil filter chain wrench in the V of the pulley to hold it tight.
I already had an offset spanner for the viscous fan, it was used on a bmw 325i I once owned = same sized nut it seems,
only used just the once before too...lol

offroadmad · Oct 26, 2011

cheers for the advice, id be lost without this forum !

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