Mountain RVing advice.
We're planning an extended RV trip for next spring that will put us in the mountains for part of it. Our Class C is a 1991 with a Ford 460 engine and automatic 3 speed (plus manual OD) transmission. ...
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If your RV has a viscous fan clutch, going up hill it will engage and sound real loud, this is normal it means that the temperature in the radiator has gone up and needs a little more cooling, do not back off the gas, as stated before you will lose momentum and speed, this means that the engine now has to work harder since the gas pedal will be pushed in order to regain the speed lost, the harder it works the more heat generated.
To check if you have viscous fan clutch, with the engine turned OFF try to move the fan, if it moves with your hand, it might be a little hard then you have a fan that will engage at a certain temperature, do no confuse the engine fan with the air condition fan that sits in front of the radiator, the engine fan sits between the radiator and the engine, sometimes it is hard to see with all the tubes for the engine air intake and filter.
A month before your trip have the engine serviced, oil, oil filter, air filter, fuel filter, spark plugs, tires inspected and or replaced, generator serviced and the general condition of the unit checked, have the spare checked, potable water tank and supply lines, black tank, grey tank and drain valves checked, and make sure that brakes are in working order, that the brake pads still have life left.
Otherwise have a good trip
navegator
To check if you have viscous fan clutch, with the engine turned OFF try to move the fan, if it moves with your hand, it might be a little hard then you have a fan that will engage at a certain temperature, do no confuse the engine fan with the air condition fan that sits in front of the radiator, the engine fan sits between the radiator and the engine, sometimes it is hard to see with all the tubes for the engine air intake and filter.
A month before your trip have the engine serviced, oil, oil filter, air filter, fuel filter, spark plugs, tires inspected and or replaced, generator serviced and the general condition of the unit checked, have the spare checked, potable water tank and supply lines, black tank, grey tank and drain valves checked, and make sure that brakes are in working order, that the brake pads still have life left.
Otherwise have a good trip
navegator
