F-150 fan clutch issue: second act
Re: this first thread, today I got a chance to hitch up and try out my new $2700 repair (torque converter, valve body, cooling radiator unit, misc. new clamp, fluids, and gaskets). This was supposed t...
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mosseater wrote:Whatever was in the radiator there must be double that in the engine.
I got the truck back yesterday, with the new radiator and bypass valve. The service manager had the tank off and ready to show me when I got there. It had quite a bit of brown goo coating things inside, including the trans cooling coil. I have serious doubt, though, that is was enough to prevent a large amount of heat transfer, so I'm betting that 20 minutes into our trip up the Turnpike on Fri., the fan WILL be kicking on again. Unless that bypass valve was FUBAR, I think the problem will still exist. We shall see.
Did you switch to the standard green sauce or stick with the OEM goo?
Don't know what mine came with but glad to have old school Prestone in mine since the first flush many years ago.
Great to hear you have it working :B
