Well, being the numpty I am, while replacing aux belt, idler bearing ,tensioner, on Disc , thought I would have a 'tidy up' and degrease the front a bit, also viscous fan!! yeh yeh , not good!! didn't realise it needed grease in it . it now sounds a bit dry. Can I put hi temp silicon grease in it? wd do a -30 to +200 spray silicon. Can I use that?
cheers guys

is it a viscous like the L200? if so they are filled with silicon oil

yes Lee, but I think i flushed it out!!!

One's oil, the other's grease... If you use the grease, you may end up with the fan failing... because the grease is a totally different compound to oil. (Think new engine worst case).
You're at a choose point, try and bugger around to put oil in, or pull out that moth infested wallet of yours for about £60 and get a new assembly.

I nominate Paulw for the first Donkey of 2020.

thanks tek!! I knew I could rely on you for a comment haa haa.

And that's just come back to bite me squarely in the backside. I have to remove paul's nomination and nominate myself for using the wrong lever at the traffic lights and then wondering if i'd blown something as I revved and sat still.

So why are neither in Donkey of the Week thread ? Eh? come on you slackers post 'em up , tell everyone about you being Donkeys...heehaw

As far as I’m aware you shouldn’t be able to wash the oil from inside the viscous fan as it’s a sealed unit , my guess would be the idler pulley has gone noisy so probably worth a squirt of wd40 to see if it shuts up , sure I read somewhere about idler pulley problems for aux belt

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As far as I’m aware you shouldn’t be able to wash the oil from inside the viscous fan as it’s a sealed unit , my guess would be the idler pulley has gone noisy so probably worth a squirt of wd40 to see if it shuts up , sure I read somewhere about idler pulley problems for aux belt

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