Dumb Question Regarding Engine Fan

HerrGruyere · 11-06-2015, 03:35 PM

Hi all,

2007 E91 328i six speed. I was just inspecting under the hood when I noticed a metallic clip on one of the blades of the engine fan. I did not necessarily see a crack in one of the blades. This is likely the cause of the slight vibration when it's running. Unless it's supposed to be there, in which it's a balancing piece?
Just wanted to be sure that indeed this is not part of the fan. Yes this is a dumb question. Big whoop wanna fight about it?

Efthreeoh · 11-07-2015, 05:09 AM

It's a balancing weight.

HerrGruyere · 11-08-2015, 01:26 PM

Thank you! I was just about to go out there and remove it.

11-06-2015, 03:35 PM	#1
HerrGruyere Private 10 Rep 84 Posts Drives: 2007 BMW 328xi Wagon Join Date: May 2015 Location: Baltimore, MD iTrader: (0)	Dumb Question Regarding Engine Fan Hi all, 2007 E91 328i six speed. I was just inspecting under the hood when I noticed a metallic clip on one of the blades of the engine fan. I did not necessarily see a crack in one of the blades. This is likely the cause of the slight vibration when it's running. Unless it's supposed to be there, in which it's a balancing piece? Just wanted to be sure that indeed this is not part of the fan. Yes this is a dumb question. Big whoop wanna fight about it?
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11-07-2015, 05:09 AM	#2
Efthreeoh General 17309 Rep 18,733 Posts Drives: The E90 + Z4 Coupe & Z3 R'ster Join Date: May 2012 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	It's a balancing weight. __________________ A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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11-08-2015, 01:26 PM	#3
HerrGruyere Private 10 Rep 84 Posts Drives: 2007 BMW 328xi Wagon Join Date: May 2015 Location: Baltimore, MD iTrader: (0)	Thank you! I was just about to go out there and remove it.
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