SC400 Fan belt?!?!
12-01-04, 09:45 PM
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SC400 Fan belt?!?!
Before I get called a dummy...this question is strictly because of what I was told this afternoon by my dealership's service dept. They just ran a full Used Car Inspection, and the service manager called me saying that my FAN BELT was wearing / cracking and that I should replace it. Now, as far as I know, the fan on a SC400 has a hydroulic fan, and does not have a belt...so I don't get it what he was saying...I asked for a copy of the diag., and on there, the tech. marked the box next to the DRIVE BELTS, indicating that I needed to replace one.
Is this just a mistake by the service guy who called me? Did he actually meen that I needed to replace a drive belt? Or was he taking me for a dummy, and was he just gonna try to charge me for replacing a fan belt in a car that doesn't have one?
I'm planning on taking my car into the local Toyota dealership and I'll have the service guys there take a look at my belts...this has been bugging me all day...just wanted to see what you guys think of this whole situation...
Is this just a mistake by the service guy who called me? Did he actually meen that I needed to replace a drive belt? Or was he taking me for a dummy, and was he just gonna try to charge me for replacing a fan belt in a car that doesn't have one?
I'm planning on taking my car into the local Toyota dealership and I'll have the service guys there take a look at my belts...this has been bugging me all day...just wanted to see what you guys think of this whole situation...
12-01-04, 11:54 PM
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Racer
Details, details.....
They used to all be called fan belts, then they became accessory belts, and because they snake all over the place, some call them serpentine belts.
They are also about the easiest things to inspect/replace on our cars- no need for the stealership to get involved. Use the search feature for more details.
They are also about the easiest things to inspect/replace on our cars- no need for the stealership to get involved. Use the search feature for more details.
12-02-04, 12:03 AM
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Pole Position
I assume he was talking about the serpentine belt. Just buy it and replace it yourself.
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12-02-04, 01:50 PM
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$90 in labor for a serpentine belt?!?!!! That kinda stuff makes me want to crack a mechanic's skull with a wrench 
What a frickin' rip-off...$90 for something he's gonna do in 7 minutes tops...I'd never go back to that shop dude, NEVER!
What a frickin' rip-off...$90 for something he's gonna do in 7 minutes tops...I'd never go back to that shop dude, NEVER!
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12-02-04, 02:58 PM
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Racer
Even the $59 portion for the belt is outrageous. It should be half that at irontoad.com or rockauto.com. There's also a great place in Glendale, BMA Auto Parts, if you are local: http://www.bmaautoparts.com/.
If you replace the belt before it breaks, you can fold it up and seal it in a plastic bag. You can then tuck that package into that area forward of the radiator and just behind the styrofoam bumper. That way, you'll always have a spare belt in the unlikely event the new belt fails.
More details on this thread:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...hreadid=100100
If you replace the belt before it breaks, you can fold it up and seal it in a plastic bag. You can then tuck that package into that area forward of the radiator and just behind the styrofoam bumper. That way, you'll always have a spare belt in the unlikely event the new belt fails.
More details on this thread:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...hreadid=100100
Last edited by PERRYinLA; 12-02-04 at 04:05 PM.
12-07-04, 04:47 PM
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"ELECTRIC FAN CONVERSION: Summit Racing catalog sells a bolt-on Flex-a-lite 210 dual electric engine fan kit for ~$190, which replaces the stock belt-driven engine fan. This modification gives you an extra two inches of clearance in front of the engine block (good for forced induction setups), and relieves the engine of about 20-30 horsepower. - (info provided by Hermosa). This mod has been shown to work on the SC300; However, the SC400 fan mounts are slightly different. This modification is currently untested in the SC400." - intellexual.net/faq.html
Belt driven. Too bad the mod hasn't been tested on a SC4...
Belt driven. Too bad the mod hasn't been tested on a SC4...
12-07-04, 06:23 PM
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Racer
Well, if you were to test it out, DM, you'd then discover that the SC400's fan is driven hydraulically, as cheungsta mentioned in his first post.
Last edited by PERRYinLA; 12-07-04 at 06:25 PM.
12-07-04, 08:34 PM
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Racer
Now now.... Rich (author of intellexual.net) is one helpful guy and far from damnable. 
In any case, the V8 fan does not draw much power at all from the engine under normal conditions, so such an "upgrade" would be mostly cosmetic. But if that is what you are after, almost any correctly-sized electric kit will work.
In any case, the V8 fan does not draw much power at all from the engine under normal conditions, so such an "upgrade" would be mostly cosmetic. But if that is what you are after, almost any correctly-sized electric kit will work.
Last edited by PERRYinLA; 12-07-04 at 08:51 PM.
12-07-04, 09:36 PM
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Originally posted by PERRYinLA
Now now.... Rich (author of intellexual.net) is one helpful guy and far from damnable.
In any case, the V8 fan does not draw much power at all from the engine under normal conditions, so such an "upgrade" would be mostly cosmetic. But if that is what you are after, almost any correctly-sized electric kit will work.
Now now.... Rich (author of intellexual.net) is one helpful guy and far from damnable.
In any case, the V8 fan does not draw much power at all from the engine under normal conditions, so such an "upgrade" would be mostly cosmetic. But if that is what you are after, almost any correctly-sized electric kit will work.
As said on intellexual, this leaves for more space for force induction, woot supercharger!
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