The fan & pulley are seperate pieces. Only half (or 3/4's this time) breaks off & goes through the hood. The fan is breaking in 1/2. And I don't believe I overtightened the alternator either.
Tony --- Francois St-Amand <[email protected]> wrote: > Isn't the alternator fan & pully a one piece? If > so, how can the fan shoot through the hood if it's > still on the belt? If the belt went loose, wouldn't > it just start whining and then quit while the fan & > pully remain on the alt shaft? If it's the whole > shaft that gets loose, try tightening it with an > impact wrench or something > > Frank > 91 GTX (RIP) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anthony Pelletier [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 1:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [a2-16v-list] Alternator fan # 2 through > the hood > > > So awhile back some of you may remember me talking > about having an alternator fan shoot through the > hood. > Well, last night it happenend again. Wham! there > goes another one. So the question I have for you > all > is how do I stop this from happening??? Yes, I am > using the same alternator which there doesn't seem > to > be anything wrong with. I think its some kind of > resonsance thats killing it beucase a few days ago I > heard this nasty noise coming from the front of the > motor between 4000-4500 rpm. (sounds like a dead > a/c > clutch or bad alternator). Now with a new fan its > gone. I am sure glad I was a cheap ass & hadn't > bought a new hood cause I would have been pissed. > > Tony > Now with 2 holes in my hood > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
