I have a 2007 Winnebago view 23J Dodge Springer chassis.
In the summertime when I’m traveling the heat Gauge gets close to red line if I’m running the AC; when I turn the AC off, there’s not a problem of potential overheating.
I took it to a radiator specialist and they flushed the Radiator and I’m just wanting to know if there’s any troubleshooting things I can do or what my next step may be???
I have had the fan checked and it’s working.
Thank you for your help🙏
Welcome. Overheating with the AC on sounds like a problem with the condenser fan. The condenser fan is responsible for cooling the air conditioning condenser, which heats up when the AC is on. If the condenser fan is not working properly, the condenser will overheat, and this can cause the engine to overheat as well. I think it was a fairly common problem on the Dodge and MB sprinters a while back.
I appreciate your quick response and the information, thank you so much!!!
So what is the solution to that, do I need to get a new fan, or is there a way to get that tested???
Upon getting my radiator flushed, the guy at the shop said the fan may be the problem and I may need to install a different kind of fan???
any solutions would be much appreciated.!!!🙏
once again thanks for your response.
Well, it's hard to armchair diagnose it from here. You could test it with a multimeter yourself, check wires etc, or take it to a shop and have them check it out.
running the ac makes the engine work harder so if it is prone to overheating it will, the reason for it over hearing is what you need to find, weather it be somthing like what way2roll mentioned, or somthing else. another comon cause of being close to that edge if everthing else is good, is running to hot of a spark plug. so if you did the plugs and they didn't have the right one and you put a hotter one in it then that can be an issue also. but realy anything that can make the engine wirk harder can contribute to that. a idler pully thats starting to go, or a berring in an altanator and do on..
Thanks 🙏
You may have a transmission cooler in front of the radiator also. You need more airflow over the cooling fines on both the condenser and radiator. If you have an electric fan, see if there is room to install one more. It can go in front on the condenser, just turn it so it blows in. If it is a mechanical fan (clutch type) look into a fan with a couple more blades
I appreciate that response and I’m definitely Going to look into that.
Thank you so much🙏
