Re: clutch fan warning

From: W. Jack Hilton III (HEMI@charter.net)
Date: Sun Oct 29 2000 - 08:20:45 EST


All vehicles that have an electric fan are wired so that if the AC is on,
the fan kicks in. This is because no matter what the temp outside, if the
AC is on you *must* have air moving across the AC Condensor or it will
screw it up.

At 07:50 AM 10/29/00 -0600, you wrote:
>I don't believe it will come on unless you are running the a/c. This must
>be a
>Daiemler(sp?) invention. MB has had their A/C equipped cars like this for
>many
>years.
>
>
>
> > Mike, Thats very interesting. At what temperature does the electric fan
> kick
> > in????
> >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > > -

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Jack Hilton III

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