RE: IML: Fan concerns Pt 2, my '66 Coupe

["Rob P" <fristpenny@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

First change your oil.  If you overheated the oil should be changed 
immediately.  I didn't and I paid for it.  Second, check your temp gauge.  
If the car overheated and it didn't go above halfway it's malfunctioning.  
These things are obvious, but I've been guilty of ignoring them.  Finally, 
sounds like the fan clutch is bad to me.  Make sure you handle them 
properly.  They must be stored in the right orientation of the goop will run 
out and they will be no good.  The FSM has the orientation.  I believe it's 
fan down, but verify.


> From: "Creesto4 Lynch" <creesto@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: IML: Fan concerns Pt 2, my '66 Coupe
> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:18:56 -0400
>
> I recovered this clip from an earlier post:
>
> >    If your radiator fan freewheels after shutting the car off, and the
> > engine and outside temp are hot, then the fan clutch is shot. Replace
> that,
> > and it might solve the problem by itself.
>
> My car died today at Sears, from overheating. When we stopped and I popped
> the hood, the radiator overflow was puking coolant and the entire 440 was
> steaming hot. The temp gauge, however, never went above the halfway mark.
> While poking at my fluid dipsticks, I noticed that MY fan freewheeled. The
> temp in Columbus today was in the high '80s. Does this mean my fan clutch 
> is
> toast? I couldn't be more frustrated as I have spent 3 weeks tearing down
> and building up after replacing my rear main seal. HELP!
>
> --
> Chris Lynch
> Feinex Design House
> c: 614.214.6027
>
> "About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness
> and the rest are bread-and-butter designs."  --Manolo Blahnik




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