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[supradino]

well i'm doing the rad swap in the morning got a second hand one will see if that helps or not. do the front fans stay in place or come out with rad?

[hoofing it]

only air-con tds have electric fans all have viscous and you don't need to remove it

[arth]

Thanks Omegatoy, I change the oil once every year, as said in the car's book, it should be changed once a year or every 30.000 km, I am doing actually around 20.000 km yearly.

What is "flush additive", there are many additive on the market, you mean those whore are for the oil??, Kraft and similars??

What oil you use??, I am using 15-40 from the very begining, when the car was bought this oil was recommended. Also due to high millage I have to refill with 1 liter every 5000 km.

Antonio

[Omegatoy]

Thanks Omegatoy, I change the oil once every year, as said in the car's book, it should be changed once a year or every 30.000 km, I am doing actually around 20.000 km yearly.

What is "flush additive", there are many additive on the market, you mean those whore are for the oil??, Kraft and similars??

What oil you use??, I am using 15-40 from the very begining, when the car was bought this oil was recommended. Also due to high millage I have to refill with 1 liter every 5000 km.

Antonio

have to admit i dont buy it here is Spain, i buy them in england, however, a flUsh additive is a cleaning agent that you pour in the old oil run the engine for around 20 mins, then drain the old oil and change the filter and fill with fresh oil, basically what it does is completely clean the inside of the engine, it washes out all the old sticky burnt on oil and clears blocked up oilways?
I have some here but im  Near malaga which is a long way from Cordoba!!!
Forte engine flush is pretty good which is available on ebay, wynns also do one but mine is trade only because its stronger, im sure others will post up what they use
Omegatoy

[arth]

I guess this is the liquid

http://tinyurl.com/3xjht97

I will buy it then, other thing,  someone has recommended is to change/revise the viscous but I really do not know what is that or where is it.

Arth

[supradino]

only air-con tds have electric fans all have viscous and you don't need to remove it

glad i don't have to remove them mine def don't have aircon but i have the twin fans at the front and the viscos.

[Omegatoy]

I guess this is the liquid

http://tinyurl.com/3xjht97

I will buy it then, other thing,  someone has recommended is to change/revise the viscous but I really do not know what is that or where is it.

Arth

yep thats the stuff, very good!! does your car have electronic ventiladors in front of the radiator? it should, these are controlled by a switch in the radiator on the right hand side as you stand at the front of the car, it is not unknown for this temp switch to malfunction, do you hear the electric fans when the car gets hot?

[supradino]

swapped the rad out not as bad a job as i fear'd and wow i have a nice cool running omega, didn't get above 95 and only that high briefly. the rad i got was a auto so had some extra bits which made it tight in place's but all in all JOB DONE.

[Omegatoy]

swapped the rad out not as bad a job as i fear'd and wow i have a nice cool running omega, didn't get above 95 and only that high briefly. the rad i got was a auto so had some extra bits which made it tight in place's but all in all JOB DONE.

 

[arth]

Yes I hear a second ventilator going on, and also the Intercooler ventilator.

Once I stop the car, usually in summer the still keep going for about 20m

Arth

[DJ Pete]

I've put the Forte flush through mine a couple of times now, and it hasn't made any noticable difference - the car still goes up over 100 degrees if I give it the slightest bit of power on a hill.

What's the name of this stronger flush please Omegatoy?

[arth]

This post is from the spanish bmw forum,

http://www.bmwfaq.com/f16/brico-reparacion-mantenimiento-del-viscoso-525tds-e34-fotos-351795/

Just looking at the pictures, our OMEGA, do they have the same system???

Arth