Originally Posted by Salty B.

I'm sure some of you know about this channel, where he tears down at least one weekly engine teardown, and last night's was pretty instructive.

https://youtu.be/gfciccHBWQo?si=U81jndEPkxX9MMp5

He used some special tools to remove the fan clutch but I couldn't tell what it was. I was under the impression that I would have to remove that to get the thermostat out, but at least in this E46 config that doesn't look to be necessary.