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Old 05-15-2009, 07:25 PM
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how do you get the cooling fan off without using the special tool from audi?
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another question, i noticed a tiny bit of oil puddled up in the lower hose coming off the intercooler, is this common, what does it mean?
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did you take the front clip off? i just put my fan back on today and it was 5 10mm bolts and unhook the wire next to the power steering fluid reservoir. not sure what special audi tool you are talkin about
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yea the front clip is off, it says i need to use some chopstick tool... so you didnt take off the large nut behind the fan? you took of the small screws on the actual fan?
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relatively small amounts of oil in the Intercooler hoses is normal. Like a couple of spoon fulls or something, it's kinda hard to say what is exactly normal. Just as long as it isnt "too much" it is fine.
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I just put a wrench on it and it came off fairly easily.
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I took the plastic fan blade off and then used and oil filter wrench (the cloth belt style) to hold the clutch fan mechanism while turning the nut (remember its left-hand thread). Came off fairly easy.
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i dont understand why we ever remove the fan?
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