1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Well I bought an E46

 

Do you want to switch user names now?

 

Slowtech7 was already taken

 

Does anyone know if there’s a way for shops to see past engine temperature from the last 24 hours or so with their fancy scan tools? Kind of like a flight data recorder?

 

there's no snapshot data unless a code was set at the same time

 

I didn’t see any codes. Surely if it’d been overheating I would’ve seen steam, or it would’ve died. I’d been driving it for a couple hours with the battery light on and little to no power steering. I guess the fan must’ve still been turning?

 

Fan is belt driven; you know that right?

 

Yea that’s why I’m confused why I didn’t notice any overheating. If I’d been driving that long with no fan, it should’ve died or started steaming. I guess the belts were just barely hanging on until I opened the hood and fiddled with it..

 

If you're going over like 20mph, you don't really need the fan anyway

 

My dude, go get yourself a Nissan Pulsar

You're way overthinking again

 

I thought it was still needed to create negative pressure to draw air in on the highway. Hopefully there was still enough air coming in to keep it from overheating though.

 

It isn't, my e-fan cars don't even run the fan when the vehicle is going over 40mph by programming

 

I know yesterday you were in a panic

It's a new day today though

Take a step back, and realize this is significantly less severe than you think it was

The fact that you didn't display any damage is good IE fan blades wrecked, radiator damage, etc. as I've seen that sort of carnage posted by others before

Wait to see what the mechanics say

 

Yea I just fast some grooves in the blades. I think it had been loose for a while. And just finally gave out yesterday. If there is major damage, it’s my fault for not paying attention and putting two and two together when the alternator and power steering gave out yesterday. I was just focused on an interview, so I wasn’t paying that much attention to it.

 

Order yourself an

$89 Aisin FCT-013 Engine Cooling Fan Clutch - Compatible with Select Toyota 4Runner, T100, Tacoma, Tundra

Aisin FCT-013 fan clutch and replace your old one; it's the "heavier" duty variant with a green band that comes on sooner

I'd do this based on age, regardless if you've got the variant mentioned above or the orange band variant

 

Looks like just the fan bracket bearing gave out, that's an easy replacement.

https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=1871554&cc=1278930&pt=11548&jsn=2318

 

It makes sense to replace the fan clutch at the same time like Kwikvette said. It’s too bad I didn’t notice it in the driveway, since it looks like such an easy driveway fix, but I panicked and had it towed to the shop yesterday since I was down in Fayetteville.

 

It's 4 nuts that attach the fan to the clutch, and since the bracket will get replaced anyway all parts need to be disassembled

It's a fairly quick, parking lot repair

 

Yea I think even I could handle that lol. At least the shop shouldn’t charge more than an hour or so for labor if it’s that simple.