Macbook PRO Fans just died. Now what?

yesterday i was working fine with my Macbook PRO Core Duo, just bought a month ago by second hand in ebay. Everything was ok (I was learning how to live with the intense heat of those models of computers) And then, the problem started. One of the fans started to sound as if there was a cat diyng inside... something, like this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=uwuMcFt07x8&feature=related , i downloaded the istat pro, and then i noticed that the right fan shows 0rpm, and the left one 1000rpm... i just dont want to put a game on the macbook pro or open the motion app: i dont want to have more problems with the fans, when the fans start to use it sound lot of loud, and the right side of the macbook pro heats a lot.
I just want to know, what can i do now? i have applecare but is still at the name of the original owner, not my name, i can send it anyway? or i must wait until the original owner gives me the applecare? Thank you very much, and just to know, how much time takes to replace de fans and send it back =(? Thanks...

Thank you, but i need my laptop for work and i cant just stop to use it. i will go this Wednesday for fix my computer, but i need to use it today, it´s ok if i use and external Fan (i mean, common domestic ones) just for take that heat down until tomorrow?, i noticed that, with a fan at the side of the computer really cools the computer itself...
Also i have a question, the computer before it was really hot, when i use the computer normally the computer heats up A LOT, and i mean, A LOT... like 81C (177 Farenheit) without the fans spining or an external fan... is that ok? or something's wrong with my computer? i was forced to use third party apps for control the heat (Like smcfan control) because the heat was just too much,... there anything i can do for solve this? Thank you...

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So I'm surfing the web (using firefox) have 2 tabs open and suddenly the fans on my macbook pro start to spin faster. Then they spin faster gain finally maxing out at 5360 rpm. The temperature all the time was never above 55 degress C. They spun at 5360 rpm for about 10 minutes and then spun down to a normal level of 3154 rpm.
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