Re: Rad fan eating radiator (E-30)

[Tony Canike <canike@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Engine mounts should _always_ be replaced in pairs. No exception.

DAMHIK, but now I replace just about everything in pairs - wheel bearings, 
brake wheel cylinders,  brake rotors/pads, headlights, motor mounts, 
etc.  It seems to take more time to buy parts, move the junk out of the 
garage, get the tools out, and clean up afterwards than it usually takes to 
actually do the job.  So doing both sides at once - instead in two separate 
work sessions - usually pays off.    Because you know once you fix one side 
the other will just fail in a few months anyway.

>The pump has to go every 100K miles anyway. Most of us swap them during the
>50K mile t-belt changes since we are already there.

So true.   Of course, I didn't find this out until I went to purchase my 
very-badly-needed first replacement coolant pump 30,000 miles before the 
*4th* timing belt was due and the guy at the parts counter clued me 
in.   Had no idea the coolant pumps were so cheap.

Live and learn.

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