03-24-2017, 08:26 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Posts: 433
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kevinkay
One of my plastic fan blades got knocked off - (my stupid mistake, left something there and started the car). Since then I was feeling the idle changed. I pulled out the fan today and felt it was smooth again - could an unbalanced fan make a difference in the idle??
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Yes, very much so! Had this happen more than once and on more than one BMW.
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