Hi everyone
I'm getting my 3rd Gen ready for an overland trip to the Mozambican coast during the Christmas period.
Will be extremely hot and dusty, so I'm going through all sort of cooling system checks and got a bit stuck on the viscous fan.
Would like to do a check on mine to make sure the silicon oil is still there and doing the job.
After reading probably dozens of threads between here and aussie forum I am still confused as often within the same thread some posts totally contradict each other...
How should it spin when hot or cold?
All I know is that when my engine is hot and I switch off, the fan stops dead solid when the engine stops. If I then try to spin it by hand it doesn't free wheel, it only moves if I keep the pressure, if you know what I mean.
Does this mean that it is working fine?
I don't know how the fan spins with the engine cold, but I will tomorrow morning...
Thanks in advance and have a nice weekend.
I'm getting my 3rd Gen ready for an overland trip to the Mozambican coast during the Christmas period.
Will be extremely hot and dusty, so I'm going through all sort of cooling system checks and got a bit stuck on the viscous fan.
Would like to do a check on mine to make sure the silicon oil is still there and doing the job.
After reading probably dozens of threads between here and aussie forum I am still confused as often within the same thread some posts totally contradict each other...
How should it spin when hot or cold?
All I know is that when my engine is hot and I switch off, the fan stops dead solid when the engine stops. If I then try to spin it by hand it doesn't free wheel, it only moves if I keep the pressure, if you know what I mean.
Does this mean that it is working fine?
I don't know how the fan spins with the engine cold, but I will tomorrow morning...
Thanks in advance and have a nice weekend.
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