HELP (DIY) Q5 Cooling Fan Replacement (Bearings Failing) - Help Please !!

[j1194]

Can someone give any diagram or information on how to replace a Q5 (2012) Radiator Cooling Fan??

I have the replacement fan and cannot figure out how to get the old cooling fans out. I see no screws or anything on the housing, it just seems to sit on these brackets yet it won't come up off of the radiator.

I have tried removing everything I can think of and cannot seem to get the cooling fans out

Please help!!

Thank you!
John

[naudical]

Did you remove the three bolts at the center of each fan?

[j1194]

Yes, I tried that too, there is no way to just slide the fan out. The housing around it has to be removed and I have had no luck figuring out how to pull that out.

[naudical]

Press the fan shroud left and right locking tabs at the same time and remove the fan shroud upward from the radiator?

[naudical]

Also, I am assuming it is a 2.0T?

[j1194]

Yes, it is a 2.0T. Where are the locking clips on the fan housing? All the clips I see look like they just sit on top of a bracket freely.

What do you have to remove to access the clips? Do I need to pull the whole bumper?

[naudical]

Check your PM

[rwood7667]

I have a 2011 q5 3.2 I am currently trying to get fan assembly removed with no luck. I have to be missing something I can't get the tabs to release. Pushed up from the bottom and basically lifted the car some but assembly would not budge.
Update:
Finally found the release tabs but I still can't get the assembly out of the car. Do I have to take the radiator out also?

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