Fire0nic3FX
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Update
FIRST OFF I'd like to thank everyone in this thread!! If it wasnt for some of you telling me to give the fans direct voltage from the battery I would of never found out. It was indeed the cooling fans. I ordered aftermarket fans from RockAuto for $111. Great price considering OEM fans are $400. I went with aftermarket not only cause it was cheaper but Im sure the OEM fans would just eventually fail again so im sure the aftermarket fans will have better reliability. Plus they come with a lifetime warranty!!
Let me just say though replacing these fans was a nightmare. I had to remove so many things because of the tight space to get the fans out. I also had to drain the coolant which was a pain because if anyone is familiar with G35's you will know that bleeding the air bubbles out of the system is as hard as it gets. You have to keep lifting the car up on jacks and burping the air bubbles out of the air relief plug on the back of the engine. Took 3 hours to do! If not done properly the heat will not work and the car will automatically overheat.
But anyways I got everything done and the car no longer overheats with the AC on only like before. And both cooling fans kick on right away once the AC is turned on. Im very proud of myself because I saved a ton of money. The dealer wanted $900 in total to complete this job and I did it all for $111 plus the cost of the coolant.
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Id also like to note that since I have the old fans out I spun then freely by hand and the fan that wasnt working make a slightly audible grinding noise where as the driverside fan that does work doesnt make the noise that much. Since the driverside fan did make the sound a little im sure that fan was almost on its last foot too and would eventually stop working. That's why I just bought both fans instead of just one for a piece of mind.
FIRST OFF I'd like to thank everyone in this thread!! If it wasnt for some of you telling me to give the fans direct voltage from the battery I would of never found out. It was indeed the cooling fans. I ordered aftermarket fans from RockAuto for $111. Great price considering OEM fans are $400. I went with aftermarket not only cause it was cheaper but Im sure the OEM fans would just eventually fail again so im sure the aftermarket fans will have better reliability. Plus they come with a lifetime warranty!!
Let me just say though replacing these fans was a nightmare. I had to remove so many things because of the tight space to get the fans out. I also had to drain the coolant which was a pain because if anyone is familiar with G35's you will know that bleeding the air bubbles out of the system is as hard as it gets. You have to keep lifting the car up on jacks and burping the air bubbles out of the air relief plug on the back of the engine. Took 3 hours to do! If not done properly the heat will not work and the car will automatically overheat.
But anyways I got everything done and the car no longer overheats with the AC on only like before. And both cooling fans kick on right away once the AC is turned on. Im very proud of myself because I saved a ton of money. The dealer wanted $900 in total to complete this job and I did it all for $111 plus the cost of the coolant.
---------- Post added at 04:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:08 PM ----------
Id also like to note that since I have the old fans out I spun then freely by hand and the fan that wasnt working make a slightly audible grinding noise where as the driverside fan that does work doesnt make the noise that much. Since the driverside fan did make the sound a little im sure that fan was almost on its last foot too and would eventually stop working. That's why I just bought both fans instead of just one for a piece of mind.
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