Gotcha! I am not too sure about a fluid in the fan clutch. They come laying
down in packages, and when I removed mine (97 dakota v6) no fluid came out.
I wouldn't worry abuot it. I thought it was the springs that tightened up
and "locked" up the clutch so it'll spin the fan. But I could be wrong. Go
ahead and remove it. I have been working at a shop for a while and we get a
lot of these clutch fans in, but I haven't had any "warnings" to watch out
for the clutch fluid...
-Dester
<< > leakage from the pressed on waterpump pulley. If there is going to be
> leakage, then what steps can I perform to prevent it. Hence my question
> about reinstalling the clutch assembly, but without the fan blades. If
this
> is
> the case, then I will pass on the electric fan as I agree that parasitic
> lose
> will still be present with the clutch assembly reinstalled.
> Hopefully this attempt made more sense ;-) If the fluid is contained
> within the clutch assembly and not in the waterpump pulley, then all is
> well and the electric fan will go on. I just wanted to make sure as I
> currently
> have no other source of info other than the DML. >>
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