Hey folks,
I probably wouldn't be asking this in regards to a I6 era cruiser, but I've yet to turn too many wrenches on anything as new as a 100 series so I hope you pardon me asking. I'm planning on doing my brother in law's timing belt on his 470, but he's saying now that he's nervous to drive it to my garage because of how bad the bearing is for his fan. He says on startup he see's the blades shift as much as a quarter inch
and sounds bad.
I've yet to see it myself, but my main concern is that the bearing lets go and it sends the fan into the radiator fins. That said, I feel like my options are:
1) replace the fan bracket in his driveway and drive it up to my garage without concern. it's just a lot of wasted time as I'll only be taking it right back apart once it gets there.
2) remove the belt or fan beforehand, then drive to my garage in the cool morning hours with both heaters on full blast (and of course keeping a close eye on the temp). it's a half hour down the freeway, or 45-1 hour on highways and backroads.
I guess a 3rd option is to trust that the bearing will hold on long enough to get to my garage in one piece, but that's highly subjective and I wouldn't want to foot the bill for a new radiator just cause I wanted to save some time.
I feel that option 2 is a safe bet from my experience, especially if I have live temp readouts on my OBD2 app. but I recognize my lack of experience on these (or really any) V8s and I don't have a good feel for what kind of heat these things produce. Thoughts?
Much thanks.
I probably wouldn't be asking this in regards to a I6 era cruiser, but I've yet to turn too many wrenches on anything as new as a 100 series so I hope you pardon me asking. I'm planning on doing my brother in law's timing belt on his 470, but he's saying now that he's nervous to drive it to my garage because of how bad the bearing is for his fan. He says on startup he see's the blades shift as much as a quarter inch
and sounds bad.I've yet to see it myself, but my main concern is that the bearing lets go and it sends the fan into the radiator fins. That said, I feel like my options are:
1) replace the fan bracket in his driveway and drive it up to my garage without concern. it's just a lot of wasted time as I'll only be taking it right back apart once it gets there.
2) remove the belt or fan beforehand, then drive to my garage in the cool morning hours with both heaters on full blast (and of course keeping a close eye on the temp). it's a half hour down the freeway, or 45-1 hour on highways and backroads.
I guess a 3rd option is to trust that the bearing will hold on long enough to get to my garage in one piece, but that's highly subjective and I wouldn't want to foot the bill for a new radiator just cause I wanted to save some time.
I feel that option 2 is a safe bet from my experience, especially if I have live temp readouts on my OBD2 app. but I recognize my lack of experience on these (or really any) V8s and I don't have a good feel for what kind of heat these things produce. Thoughts?
Much thanks.
