Auxiliary Fan (Compression Shroud) DIY [Air Conditioning]

[richardb]

Originally Posted by megadrive

Hey, thanks for the write up and video, very helpful! I was able to slide the Aux fan without loosening or removing the metal bumper support, it was fairly easy slide requiring just a little force. I removed the protecting grill when I did it and it slid without loosening a single bolt. Any of you have had a similar experience removing it or is it just me? Any idea why? Everything seemed tightened, no loose parts. This is on 2004 X5 3.0i

Glad to hear the video helped you out! Honestly I tried sliding the fan out as you described but there was no way without loosening the crash bar, it was just too tight.