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Originally Posted by Jeremy5848
When I ordered a new plastic 606 fan blade, I assumed I'd get the latest kind. My '96 E300D also has a 9-blade fan; perhaps the change was made later in the 210 series? Do you have a part number for the 11-blade fan? I looked up the E300D Turbodiesel (606.962, 1998-99) in EPC and got a part number of 606 200 01 23 for the fan -- is that the one you mean? (The picture still shows a 9-blade fan but I know you can't depend on those drawings to depict what the part really looks like.)
The pictures attached here show the 9-blade 603 metal fan alongside the 606 plastic fan. They are identical as regards size but notice the way the 606 fan blades are unevenly spaced . . . is this to prevent sympathetic vibration or something?
After installing the new 606 fan and clutch on my 603, I checked the fan and noticed that it spins fairly freely on the clutch as expected for a cold engine. Then I started the engine and tried sticking a rolled-up newspaper into the fan blades.  No way did it want to stop; all I did was shred the newspaper. Glad I didn't try that trick with my fingers. 
Jeremy |
I think I counted 11 blades on the black fan blade, but I guess you're right, most of the time, the pictures are totally different from the actual product...pisses me off sometimes....
http://catalog.worldpac.com/mercedesshop/sophio/image.jsp?title=Fan%20Blade&url=http%3A//img.eautopartscatalog.com/live/G5050175130OES.JPG
Yes jeremy, that is the part number that I am referring to: 6062000123
and everytime I key in that part number at the BuyParts website, it directs me to this link:
http://catalog.worldpac.com/mercedesshop/sophio/quote.jsp?header=header.jsp&footer=&product=6062000123&partner=mercedesshop&baseurl=http://catalog.peachparts.com/&clientid=catalog.mercedesshop&cookieid=2E70WNSVV2EW11BQDR
In your attached picture, the 9-blade plastic one also have that in a 4 bolt pattern usually used in 617s, but right now, I still prefer my 9-blade aluminums over it because it has more pitch angle and more air flow at idle compared with the plastic.
...and yes, we don't want to try that with our fingers, our diesel MBs are torquey....