Re: Electric & Viscous Fans

From: CHRIS HOGAN (chogan68@comcast.net)
Date: Tue Apr 22 2003 - 20:02:01 EDT


I may try it. I believe I have the electric fan because I have the
heavy-duty service group on my truck. I've spoken to someone with a
similar truck who says he's done this w/no problems. The service
manual says the PCM kicks the fain on at 210* and off at 185*.

Anyway, I'll probably give it a shot, carrying the clutch fan with me
and monitoring the temp. May not make a bit of difference performance-
wise, but I want to see for myself.

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: andy levy <andylevy@yahoo.com>
Date: 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
>
> http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/ --- andylevy@yahoo.com
> --------------------------------------------
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>
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