RE: RE: Getting Hot

From: Jamie Calder (jcalder3@cfl.rr.com)
Date: Wed Jun 06 2007 - 16:58:34 EDT


How can I tell if it's bad? Is it supposed to spin freely or have resistance
when not running?

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Bernd D.
Ratsch
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 4:08 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: DML: RE: Getting Hot

Check the fan clutch first...they're known for going out like that.

- Bernd

-----Original Message-----
From: Jamie Calder [mailto:jcalder3@cfl.rr.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 2:40 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: DML: Getting Hot

My '96 318 water temp gauge has recently been hanging around the mid point
and slightly higher when idling for more then a couple minuets. The
radiator is full so I assume the thermostat is stuck, the fan clutch is bad,
clogged radiator or the water pump itself but it sounds normal and not
leaking.
How would I check these things out?

Thanks,
James



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