Ah right... Electrical... Damn I feel like an idiot.
On Jun 1, 2009, at 9:17 PM, jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>
> Dustin Williams <dustinewilliams@gmail.com> wrote:
>> If the sensor that tells the fan to engage goes out it would cause it
>> to not work. That can be tested with a paperclip to by pass the
>> sensor. That's what it was when my Corsica was overheating in 95
>> degree N Idaho weather and was only noticable in city traffic or
>> driving up the side of a long steep hill at 15 mph to get to where I
>> was staying.
>
>
> That would be true with an electrical fan, but most (all?) Dakotas
> use a mechanical ("clutch") fan. There's a heat sensitive spring on
> it and as it heats up it opens a valve that allows a special
> (silicone?) fluid to flow through, which causes the clutch to engage.
> Its kinda like a non-lockup torque converter though, there is no
> direct mechanical connection so the blades always slip a bit in
> comparison to the speed of the water pump.
>
>
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