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Old 04-12-2007, 12:41 PM   #4 (permalink)
Jonathan Wallin
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Date registered: Oct 2006
Vehicle: S600 C140 1994
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Originally Posted by GFO106
Maybe the fan clutch is going out/slipping and when sitting still the fan isn't pull in enough air to properly cool?
Thats what I think too.
My ex. E39 had that problem. I replaced the fan clutch and the problem was gone.

If you ignor this problem and keeps using the car with a bad fan clutch the clutch eventually gets stuck on the axel and the fan may explode due to high rpm. (own experience)
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