Someone Help! Fan's driving me nuts!
#1
Someone Help! Overheating and need help!
I've replaced the fan clutch THREE times now. First 2 were aftermarket with lifetime warranties (junk). Then I finally wised up and got an OEM with a new fan blade. Truck still overheats at idle after about 5 minutes. Here's the background:
-1992 3.0 V6 x-cab truck, motor rebuilt about 20K ago, now at 159,000 miles
-Truck runs awesome with all new fluids and synthetic in tranny and dif's
-Radiator flushed and refilled, new hoses
Old fan clutch was leaking some fluid and bearing was bad, but still worked well. I decided to do some preventive maintenance and change it before the truck overheated, big mistake.
I replaced the fan clutch tonight with the OEM one and a new blade. Radiator and shroud are in great shape. I took the truck out for a drive tonight and I let it sit and idle several different times every couple of miles. Well after the third time, the truck started to overheat. So I popped the hood and the fan was turning but I couldn't really feel significant airflow. I'm fairly sure that it's the fan clutch because I can stop the fan with my bare hands after the car starts to overheat!
I don't really want an electric fan for the reliability issues. Am I doing something wrong! I've worked on cars my whole life, even other Yota's. I have never seen anything like this!
Any one got any suggestions or advice? Do I need to try a fourth fan clutch and keep my fingures crossed?
thanks,
shawn
-1992 3.0 V6 x-cab truck, motor rebuilt about 20K ago, now at 159,000 miles
-Truck runs awesome with all new fluids and synthetic in tranny and dif's
-Radiator flushed and refilled, new hoses
Old fan clutch was leaking some fluid and bearing was bad, but still worked well. I decided to do some preventive maintenance and change it before the truck overheated, big mistake.
I replaced the fan clutch tonight with the OEM one and a new blade. Radiator and shroud are in great shape. I took the truck out for a drive tonight and I let it sit and idle several different times every couple of miles. Well after the third time, the truck started to overheat. So I popped the hood and the fan was turning but I couldn't really feel significant airflow. I'm fairly sure that it's the fan clutch because I can stop the fan with my bare hands after the car starts to overheat!
I don't really want an electric fan for the reliability issues. Am I doing something wrong! I've worked on cars my whole life, even other Yota's. I have never seen anything like this!
Any one got any suggestions or advice? Do I need to try a fourth fan clutch and keep my fingures crossed?
thanks,
shawn
Last edited by mightyhye; 09-13-2005 at 11:38 PM.
#2
my vehicle never overheats since i replaced my thermostat with a dual stage one from toyota (its for the 22r though)
i can stop my fan while its idling without much effort with my bare hands... my fan works jsut fine.....
to me, if you replaced the fan, it sounds liek a thermostat or failed waterpump issue...
i can stop my fan while its idling without much effort with my bare hands... my fan works jsut fine.....
to me, if you replaced the fan, it sounds liek a thermostat or failed waterpump issue...
#3
bump cause I need some serious help! Any advice anyone? If I can't figure this out, does anyone want a clean 1992 x-cab 4x4? I can send pics and details if ya want.
Thanks for the repluies Jim. I'll look into what you suggest. Anyone else?
Thanks for the repluies Jim. I'll look into what you suggest. Anyone else?
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