fred m
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- Tallahassee, Florida
- Vehicle Year
- 2002
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Type
- 3.0 V6
- Engine Size
- 12.5 cups
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
Read the title. Coincidence? I replaced my radiator Saturday, due to a crack in the plastic tank. Drove it around and topped the coolant off, had no problems.
Truck sat and cooled off. Later that afternoon, I took a ~3 hour trip, highway at about 65mph, 20 miles in the fan clutch totally locks up. Sounds like a freight train the whole trip, and I got about 2 mpg less than normal. Sunday morning, driving around, the fan makes a lot of noise accelerating from stoplights, the clutch seems to free up once I'm past 40 mph or so. It acts the same today.
The fan clutch is a CARQUEST "severe duty" replacement with a lifetime warranty, has been on there for about a year/40k miles, and has functioned normally until Saturday. Never before heard a bit of noise from it, except the first 10 seconds or so after a cold start.
The radiator is a Spectra Premium, it replaced the original. Air seems to be flowing through it fine. Coolant temp stays solid between 195 and 200, has been that way forever.
I'm thinking cash in on the fan clutch warranty, and try my luck with a new one.
Thoughts?
Truck is an '02 3.0L/Auto
Truck sat and cooled off. Later that afternoon, I took a ~3 hour trip, highway at about 65mph, 20 miles in the fan clutch totally locks up. Sounds like a freight train the whole trip, and I got about 2 mpg less than normal. Sunday morning, driving around, the fan makes a lot of noise accelerating from stoplights, the clutch seems to free up once I'm past 40 mph or so. It acts the same today.
The fan clutch is a CARQUEST "severe duty" replacement with a lifetime warranty, has been on there for about a year/40k miles, and has functioned normally until Saturday. Never before heard a bit of noise from it, except the first 10 seconds or so after a cold start.
The radiator is a Spectra Premium, it replaced the original. Air seems to be flowing through it fine. Coolant temp stays solid between 195 and 200, has been that way forever.
I'm thinking cash in on the fan clutch warranty, and try my luck with a new one.
Thoughts?
Truck is an '02 3.0L/Auto