The electric one is the backup and comes on with the a/c unit mostly.
----- Original Message -----
From: "andy levy" <andylevy@yahoo.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Electric & Viscous Fans
>
> CHRIS HOGAN wrote:
> > ...so as many of you already know, and I just discovered, newer (and
> > maybe older...I only have a newer one) Dakotas
> > have both an electric and a viscous drive radiator fans. I was
> > considering replacing the viscous fan with an electric one, but since I
> > already have one, can I just pull off the viscous one?
> >
> > Well, of course I CAN, but is it a good idea? Is the viscous drive fan
> > just a backup? Would it improve performance at all to remove the
> > viscous fan? I wouldn't think so if it's just a backup...probably just
> > freewheeling all the time.
>
> There's not a snowball's chance that the electric could handle the load
> on its own. If it could, then you wouldn't have the engine-driven one.
>
>
> --
> -andy
>
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