Laid into it yesterday and heard a terrible sound. At first I thought that I did some major damage to the engine but there was still power. Apparently the fan blades decided to take flight and destroy the radiator and anniliate the shroud. When the first few blades let go I had romped it leaving a light and saw some black pieces coming out the back. Didn't think much about it. Initially thought I ran over some debris. Then while accelerating onto the highway the **** hit the fan, er, the fan hit the **** with all the remaining blades flying off at 6000rpm.
i'll take some pics but didn't have a chance because its the wife's car and already pulled the radiator to see if it could be repaired.
probably wouldn't have happened if the fan clutch was warmed up, oh well.