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Originally Posted by X5M-ISH
... Though, if the OEM fan on my truck starts making any noise, I’ll likely go your route simply for the sake of ease of installation as the price is negligible between the two.
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When the OEM viscous clutch on my '05 recently packed up (loud bearing noises) I looked very seriously at an electric replacement but two factors lead me to replacing the factory viscous clutch with another Hella Behr unit. One was cost - I wanted to use a PWM fan controller rather than a simple on/off, and I wanted a good quality fan. Total cost for both was over NZ$500, while I manage to obtain a Hella Behr OEM unit for around NZ$200. The other factor was reliability - I've read a number of folk who have had to replace fan controllers multiple times - seems they aren't very reliable, even the simple on/off units.
I figure as I'm not racing my car and the OEM unit lasted 220,000km and 14 years, the OEM solution is good enough for me.
