My brother recently bought a 325 and was driving it to an inspection facility and the fan "exploded" and put holes in the radiator etc. So he had it towed to our house and it sits on the driveway and nothing has been done with it, I figure sooner or later its going to have to be moved... So my question is, will your engine be fucked immediately if you turn it on without any coolant or will it run for a certain amount of time before something happens to do, and if so how long does it have...? Sorry If this is the wrong place to put this but I didnt know where else to post this.
do not try to drive it with no coolant, your engine will dry lock. you will be f--ked
Do not drive the car without coolant. that is a really bad idea. TOW IT.
(2) your fan clutch was bad, which caused the fan to wobble and hit the radiator (they are very close together), which caused the damage. You'll need to buy a new fan/fan clutch, radiator and replace the thermostat and housing.
Yes, it will run for a certain amount of time before something happens. But not long enough to get him safely down to the mechanic, if that's what he's thinking. Tow it or fix it yourself.
More correctly, your water pump is probably bad. The fan clutch is bolted directly to the WP pulley. Take the belt off and see if there's any play in the water pump shaft. fan clutch might be okay, but look at it too while you're in there.
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Do you know how hot and fast an engine can get without being cooled? omg, you're asking for a lot of problems if you drive that thing more than a block
without the cooling system you have about 45 second to 1 min before your engine is reaching a point of no return...
Try it... just kidding. Do you know if the temp needle hit the red? If so, you might also want to get the headgasket checked out. But yeah, don't start your engine without coolant than would definitely equal headgasket/headblock crack.
do it your self, youll learn something, but get the headgasket checked out
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I agree with every thing that has been said here fix it or tow it. Fixing it isn't that hard.
If you really dont want to fix it you heres a solution that might work long enough to get it to a near by mech. Go to a junkyard and buy a working radiator from any car with similar tubeing (ie you can fit your bmw hoses up to the junk rad). Zip tie the rad on to something. Then replace all of the coolant with distilled water and a bottle of water wetter. It should provide enough cooling to get you to a mech. Just watch the temp gauge closely. and if there are any signs of over heating pull over and wait.
I once went on a surfing trip in mexico where my friends jeep's fan exploded. We did the same thing with an old ghetto mexican rad from some small town. The jeep made it 75 miles to the mech no problems. But your probably better of towing it.
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you can drive it for a few seconds to move it on the driveway.. the engine will not warm up too fast in 10 seconds it takes you to move it.
people don't be ridiculous. a few seconds won't hurt a thing..
nothing more than that though.
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Find some guy with a jeep or something with a winch. Put the winching car in you garage and attach it to the bimmer. Pull the car into the garage while you and a friend are pushing and steering.
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