South Florida Dysfunctional 4x4's

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May 19, 2016 | 05:56 AM
  #22921  
Quote: Happy Belated Birthday dude... i owe you a drink
Quote: Happy belated Birthday, Walt.
Sorry I didn't get to it sooner.
No worries...thanks fellas
May 19, 2016 | 05:56 AM
  #22922  
That's a cool trailer build!
May 19, 2016 | 05:57 AM
  #22923  
Quote: Yup. Indoor Kart track, bar, bowling, food and arcade. They give military discount to anyone with one of us. I paid 42 bucks for 80 bucks worth of tokens. Lol
Wish I could come...this weekend got work and plans for a friends bday as well....

Good morning fellas
May 19, 2016 | 06:12 AM
  #22924  
Quote: A bad fan clutch usually results in overheating while stopped, when the fan is supposed to "engage". The fan clutch actually disengages the fan at higher RPM, while traveling down the road so the air flow from going down the road cools the radiator.
True in most cases. I had similar issue years back. Changed mine issue went away. Some times gotta think out side the box with repairs . Xjs have a odd shaped rad only reason I could think it affect cruissing . And clutch fans work with temp not rpm.
May 19, 2016 | 09:34 AM
  #22925  
I guess maybe RPM was the wrong word, stopping and going is when the clutch fan does all the work, on the highway, it's not spinning as fast as the motor, if it does, you would hear it, it would be very loud and that means the clutch is no good. If he is overheating at highway speed, it is more than likely a flow problem in the radiator, like blockage. If it's a old radiator, they get sediment build up, some even get corrosion and rot from the inside out, causing flow restrictions.Years ago, my '92 had the same problem, put in a new radiator and the problem was gone.

I recently had a customer of mine with a Xterra having the same issues, kept overheating on the highway, I checked the radiator in different areas with a infrared temp gun and found the center of the radiator to be cooler then the rest of it, tried to flush it out and it still overheated. Replaced the radiator, problem gone.
May 19, 2016 | 04:51 PM
  #22926  
So....I get home and BOOM!!!! Psssssshhhh white smoke! Radiator blew! And fan clutch is gone! I spinned it by hand and it kept spinning...
Total refresh Saturday...
May 19, 2016 | 08:26 PM
  #22927  
Quote: So....I get home and BOOM!!!! Psssssshhhh white smoke! Radiator blew! And fan clutch is gone! I spinned it by hand and it kept spinning...
Total refresh Saturday...
Uh-oh spaghetti-O's!
May 19, 2016 | 09:35 PM
  #22928  
Quote: That's a cool trailer build!
Thanks. I'm currently fabbing drawers and shelves from sheet. Lots of fab,,,,

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May 20, 2016 | 01:03 AM
  #22929  
Quote: So....I get home and BOOM!!!! Psssssshhhh white smoke! Radiator blew! And fan clutch is gone! I spinned it by hand and it kept spinning...
Total refresh Saturday...
Yeesh! Glad you at least made it home.
May 20, 2016 | 04:56 AM
  #22930  
Morning guys.
May 20, 2016 | 05:38 AM
  #22931  
Quote: Morning guys.
Morning fellas tgif

Quote: Uh-oh spaghetti-O's!
Quote: Yeesh! Glad you at least made it home.
Yeah I'm just glad it happened in front of the house and not on the street...
Driving the Comanche for a couple days and on the way to work this morning cruising like a boss...shocking on how smooth it was...
May 20, 2016 | 05:44 AM
  #22932  
Quote: Morning fellas tgif





Yeah I'm just glad it happened in front of the house and not on the street...
Driving the Comanche for a couple days and on the way to work this morning cruising like a boss...shocking on how smooth it was...
Dont ya love it when problems are so easy to diagnosis . Wish mine was that simple.
May 20, 2016 | 07:17 AM
  #22933  
So Broward power train is booked til after Memorial Day. I need work soon. Any other shop that I could trust to go through my rear.
May 20, 2016 | 07:21 AM
  #22934  
That didn't sound quite right ^^^


LOL
May 20, 2016 | 07:24 AM
  #22935  
Quote: So....I get home and BOOM!!!! Psssssshhhh white smoke! Radiator blew! And fan clutch is gone! I spinned it by hand and it kept spinning...
Total refresh Saturday...
Good thing you made it home before that happened.

Fan clutches can spin like that sometimes, should have a little resistance though, when cold, but when hot, they seem to spin pretty freely. Well, since your going to be in there, might as well just change both and call it done anyways, right! I would if it has high miles on it as they do wear out.