Hi, From your description I think it is one of two possibilities: 1. As you have already said. The motor is turning but the fan is loose on the spindle. I don't think it is a common fault. but you don't know the history of the car, it may have been damaged in the passed and bodged back on? 2. The fl...

Hi GST, I have had both front wheel bearings go on my V70 (1 at 105k and the other at 120k). Both sounded totally different. One made a noise like a rhymic rumble about 1/2 sec cycle around 50 to 65 mph. Second bearing sounded like a faint whine in time with the car speed. But this test identified t...