P38A Viscous fan repair

'afternoon all ...
a very knowledgable pal told me to try this viscous fan repair - and it worked!
Once you've removed the fan have a look at the wee coil in the centre at the front. It'll be rusty and that is the problem. It operates a valve which allows the fluid to move within the viscous drive and if it is siezed then won't work and the fan will be 'stuck on'. A clean up and a squirt of plusgas and a it'll free up. A few spins by hand and it'll go slack and turn freely.

That sounds tooo good to be true....

That's so elementary and very well known before the days of Forums.

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Interesting, Don't know what the prices are for a Visco's fan for a P38 but for a Defender they are about £30. I think I would prefer price of mind and change it
http://www.paddockspares.com/etc7238-viscous-unit.html

Datatek said:

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You back Keith?

Is Keith back on Landy Zone?

Now that would be even better than an easy fan repair...

Cheap aftermarket viscous fan coupling is worth nothing.

mikescuba said:

Interesting, Don't know what the prices are for a Visco's fan for a P38 but for a Defender they are about £30. I think I would prefer price of mind and change it
http://www.paddockspares.com/etc7238-viscous-unit.html

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Genuine Land rover coupling. http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-ETC7238 OEM one is the minimum standard to fit. P38 diesel viscous fan. http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-PGG101290. P38 petrol fan assembly. http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-PGG000080

Jesus that's expensive

Update - Naw, it didn't work
It locked up again. And by then had also tightened itself up again so was an absolute bugger to get undone...
Sorry for the bum steer

Littelwill said:

Is Keith back on Landy Zone?

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Guess who's back, back again
Keith is back, tell a friend
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Dopey said:

Guess who's back, back again
Keith is back, tell a friend
Guess who's back,
guess who's back,
guess who's back,
guess who's back
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Posting a question mark does not mean he will post anything more. He was just questioning the repair as described. Rightly in my view. If your viscous fan stops working replace it simple as that.

Yes well, you live and learn... that's surely what this forum is about.
I am ever so 'umble.

something else I've learnt - the power of posting a single punctuation mark.
(but that depends on who you are!)