Member Since: 23 Oct 2016
Location: Penrith
Posts: 143
Viscous fan shroud (and hello!)
Firstly, hello all. It's my first post on here. I've recently bought a 2006 D3 HSE. I'm really enjoying it and gradually sorting a few minor problems.
Simple question today. The viscous fan cover is loose and only really held in place by the air intake duct and the radiator hose. It moves around a bit and fouls the fan occasionally, making a hideous noise.
Should it be held in place by clips or something?
6th Nov 2016 8:46 pm
geoffsnook
Member Since: 13 Jun 2014
Location: south wales
Posts: 3170
Yes it should slide into clips either side of the plastic shroud on the rad Discovery 3 se gone
Range rover sport supercharged here:)
6th Nov 2016 8:57 pm
geoffsnook
Member Since: 13 Jun 2014
Location: south wales
Posts: 3170
And welcome obviously to the mad house Discovery 3 se gone
Range rover sport supercharged here:)
6th Nov 2016 9:14 pm
gilesharrison
Member Since: 23 Oct 2016
Location: Penrith
Posts: 143
Thanks for that. I'll add it to the list of stuff I need from Lloyds in Carlisle.
6th Nov 2016 9:21 pm
gilesharrison
Member Since: 23 Oct 2016
Location: Penrith
Posts: 143
I'm afraid I'm struggling a bit on this. I visited the local LR dealer and their parts dept printed me out the parts diagram. There don't appear to be any clips to attach the shroud to the radiator - also I can't see where they would go in the car.
At present, I have a plastic cowl covering the fan and the top of the radiator. The air intake pipe is attached to this, as is the coolant hose. It is only held in place by the air intake pipe. The whole lot is fairly mobile and wobbles about, sometimes fouling the fan and making a bad noise.
Any further advice?
9th Nov 2016 9:33 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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geoffsnook wrote:
And welcome obviously to the mad house
Us mad?
Welcome Giles.
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9th Nov 2016 9:38 pm
Disco3tdv6se
Member Since: 28 Feb 2015
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 53
The top fan cowl slots in to the lower fan cowl, if you take off the air intake pipe then you should be able to readjust the top cowl it can be a pain.
Ps I'm glad you found one. Chris
Sadly D3 gone
9th Nov 2016 10:20 pm
gilesharrison
Member Since: 23 Oct 2016
Location: Penrith
Posts: 143
Thanks for that, Chris. You sell yours ok then? Thanks again for showing me your car.
9th Nov 2016 10:30 pm
Disco3tdv6se
Member Since: 28 Feb 2015
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 53
Yes sold it ok, kinda missing it now thoughChris
Sadly D3 gone
9th Nov 2016 10:34 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
Mine is the same on the nearside, so I just drilled it nice and close to the two edges and joined the two shrouds with cable ties.
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