It is your clutched fan making that noise. I've been listening to mine for
7 years and it's quite annoying and HAS to be very power robbing. Who has
gone electric's and how are they working?
Brian Cleary
bcleary@interlog.com
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> From: yacko@value.net
> To: Dakota <dakota@ait.fredonia.edu>
> Subject: Re: Roar!
> Date: July 3, 1997 9:21 PM
>
> I hear the same thing usually when i got the a/c going.. kinda sounds
neat
> i think though:)
> greg
>
>
> On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Gary Atkinson wrote:
>
> > Hey,
> > I have an annoying roar that I think I have isolated down to the
cooling
> > fan/clutch. It doesn't happen all the time, but maybe 30-40% of the
time
> > and is quite loud. I "sounds" like a slow shift out of first gear and
> > that the engine is racing. A quick check of the tach showed that not
to
> > be the case. It happens with hard or easy acceleration and when I hold
a
> > constant rpm, the roar fades away.
> >
> > Its a 97 V-6 auto. Can anyone tell me if this is a thermal clutch? It
> > not associated with air conditioning, seems to happen independant of
> > engine temperature, and happens in gear or when in park/neutral Any
> > second opinions (asking for opinions on this list is dangerous :-) )
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
> >
> > Gary Atkinson, 97 V6 cc sport
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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