So I get off work and pick up my running 94 sc300 to bring to my gf's house to unite it with the sc its about to be combined into. (I'm taking the motor and parts from this 94 sc300 auto and swapping it into my 95 sc300 5 speed with a bad motor.) On the way there I decide to step on it to feel it pull for one last time. Right when downshifts and goes, i here a loud popping and a lot of noise in the engine bay and thought my Main belt just ripped.. So I turn off my radio and headlights to save battery to at least make it to her house. I get there and open the hood and this is what i found.....











The fan broke into pieces somehow and cut my radiator hose like it was nothing. Crazy! anyways Will update later with pictures of the swap.

 

Engine mount fail.

 

lol same thing happend to my previous m3. u got lucky though. mines took out the rad., belt, hoses, and dinged up my hood that was just repainted. go with an electric fan imo. good luck.

 

gawt dayummm. im not making fun but when i noticed what i was thinking matched what was in the pics i laughed my ath off. sorry that it had to happen on your last pull..im guessing this subtracts from "Points for Lexus" with you..

 

yeah its okay though. Motor about to be pulled anyways. Just found out its leaking transmission oil and put a hole in my battery...

 

ok, thats it...I'm getting rid of the fan and going electric...sucks that happened like that, but keep us posted on the progress.

 

Lmao, that kind of **** happens quite often in bmw e39 community.

 

put a LS1 in that bish.

 

**** that looks nasty! BTW replace that belt soon too, i see cracks in it.

 

I guess stopping to see what's wrong is too much trouble

 

When I was pulling my motor I noticed some weird two piece motor mounts the car had-thought it may be some super special mounts. The bottom parts stayed sitting on the subframe unscrewed. I laughed when I realized the motor mounts where totally cut apart at the rubber and there was standing water inside.

 

You're lucky that 100 shot of NOS didn't blow the welds on the intake.

 

lol well i was done the street and didnt want to get stuck and have to tow the car back to her house. I was all alone...

haha

 

same happened to me, replaced with electric fan right after. tensioner also broke when it happened. scared the shi* out of me when it happened

 

NOW... i'm convinced to go with the electric fan
definitely adding that to the list!!!