My fan has now connected with the shroud and wedged itself into the radiator - yes the radiator was gouged and needed to be replaced. After searching on other boards a suggestion was made to replace motor mounts (they were shot). However replacement of the mounts didn't resolve my problem. When the mechanic took the car out for a test drive the same thing happened, fan slashed the radiator (passenger side at 3 o'clock). I have not bottomed out on a driveway shifting the radiator forward. I'm wondering if there is play in the fan clutch allowing it to move forward enough to catch the shroud/radiator?

Anyone else have this problem?
1996 E300 (W210) with 223K miles.

This is the 3rd radiator, about to be the 4th! My 190E had 1 radiator for 312K miles.
thanks in advance

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1991 190E 311K [Brilliant Silver/Black MBTEx] -retired
1996 E300 315K [Black/Grey MBTex]

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