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My radiator has been rattling when the fan turns on. The vibration is low and pronounced and isn't in time with the speed of the rad fan. That is to say, sometimes the fan will start and run for a few moments before the vibration begins and when the fan turns off the frequency of the vibration will *increase* as the fan slows then stops. The blower motor seems balanced. There are no blades missing and no obvious damage.
At first i thought the issue was the two zip ties that secured the lower rad hose to the bottom of the fan cowling that had broken. The extra mass of the rad hose being attached to the fan cowling did help. Unfortunately, this did not fix the whole issue.
Video from underneath prior to adding zip ties:
Video i found from the top that looks extremely similar to what I'm seeing:
I know i could start throwing parts at the problem. My hope is that this is an issue that someone has encountered before and that there might be, for example, a radiator mount that likes to fail or fall out and i can save myself some time troubleshooting and wrenching.
Thanks in advance.
At first i thought the issue was the two zip ties that secured the lower rad hose to the bottom of the fan cowling that had broken. The extra mass of the rad hose being attached to the fan cowling did help. Unfortunately, this did not fix the whole issue.
Video from underneath prior to adding zip ties:
I know i could start throwing parts at the problem. My hope is that this is an issue that someone has encountered before and that there might be, for example, a radiator mount that likes to fail or fall out and i can save myself some time troubleshooting and wrenching.
Thanks in advance.