Not to be ignorant or anything but is the clutch fan the source of the
roar I get in the morning when taking off cold? Once the Dakota gets warm
it doesn't have that roar. I thought the tranny was refusing to shift.
steveoh
2k Dakota 4x4 CC, 4.7liter V-8, auto
>Subject: Re: DML: clutch fan warning
>
>I took that waste of rotating mass OFF! The 4.7 has an electric fan
>also so I ran mine all summer without the manual fan and the temp never
>rose over 200 degrees (stock Tstat) also I thought sitting in a drive
>through for 15 minutes would heat it up but it stayed right where it is
>supposed to. Granted, I was running the AC so the electric fan was on.
>Now that it is cold out the temp sits a little lower and I'm not using
>the AC.
>
>
>- -=Mike Kuriger
>1991 Isuzu Impulse RS 1.8
>2000 Dodge Durango SLT 4x4 4.7
>http://www.isuzu-mods.com
>http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/NgFQdD9vkNHNg
>
>
>Gmblows@aol.com wrote:
>
>> A while back someone stated that their clutch fan was not
>> disengaging. Well my brother had a similar experience, except
>> he reved the motor up to 5K+ RPMs to try and get it to disengage.
>> Mind you this is a cheby s10 4cyl. The fan exploded, blades
>> everywhere, lots of damage.
>> So if your fan seems to not disengage, have it checked out,
>> or at least don't rev the motor too high until it is fixed.
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