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Cooling fan, remove and install.

Hold water pump pulley (green arrow) with BMW special tool 11 5 030, or with a large set of "water pump" pliers.
Remove fan (yellow arrow above) with BMW special tool 11 5 040 or similar slim 32mm wrench.
An alternative to using pliers is to install the wrench and strike wrench sharply with a hammer in a clockwise direction.

CAUTION: Left hand thread, turn wrench as if to tighten a regular bolt, to remove the fan.

Installation

Tighten fan clutch to 40Nm, which is equivalent to 30Nm if using BMW special tool 11 5 040

 

 

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E30 M3 Repair Manual V2.7.  Copyright ©1999-2001 Koala Motorsport & Brett Anderson