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Radiator Fan buzzing

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The radiator fan is buzzing loudly when the engine is running. Is it toast??? Or is there an adjustment I can make??

Nice name. Does your brat have 2 fans, or 1? If it has two there is one electric fan and one mechanical fan driven by the water pump. If the noise is constant then it's probably the mechanical fan and what may be happening is the pulley bearings in your water pump may have failed and the pulley is loose allowing the fan to wobble around and hit stuff. See if the fan wiggles around, obviously with the motor off. If this is the case then you'll need a new water pump.

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It has 1 and it's electric. For some reason it's wired to the ignition switch?!? So when you turn the key fan goes on. It buzzes intermittently while the engine is running.

Then remove it and spin the blades. See if its rubbing anything.

Honestly, just get an aftermarket electric cooling fan on eBay, write it up, mount it and call it a day. Total cost around 40 bucks maybe and probably an hour of your time to put it in.

Edited by l75eya

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