Engine Cooling Fan Never Shuts Off
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Engine Cooling Fan Never Shuts Off
I drive a 2002 Ram SLT 4.7 V8 170k miles
I've owned it for just over a year and in this whole time the cooling fan at the front of the engine block never shuts off and I mean never. I can drive it for 3 minutes or three hours and it never shuts off, it sounds like a bloody hurricane and I'm now getting fed up with it. I can turn the fan by hand when the engine is off, I mean its not like the wheel of fortune, but I can move it, however I honestly don't know how much it's supposed to spin by hand.
If it is the clutch then oh well, but I'd also read about a possible temp sensor or something along those lines that may be causing the fan to run all the time.
I have read countless posts on similar issues but never really come to a conclusion or a definitive answer, so I might as well ask for myself.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
I've owned it for just over a year and in this whole time the cooling fan at the front of the engine block never shuts off and I mean never. I can drive it for 3 minutes or three hours and it never shuts off, it sounds like a bloody hurricane and I'm now getting fed up with it. I can turn the fan by hand when the engine is off, I mean its not like the wheel of fortune, but I can move it, however I honestly don't know how much it's supposed to spin by hand.
If it is the clutch then oh well, but I'd also read about a possible temp sensor or something along those lines that may be causing the fan to run all the time.
I have read countless posts on similar issues but never really come to a conclusion or a definitive answer, so I might as well ask for myself.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
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I completely get what you are saying and that has always been my thought, if it's spinning there's no way it's going to overheat. However, it is just so loud, any acceleration at all and this thing is roaring away, I've just had enough of it and am pretty sure that it's not meant to be this way. All my friends are always saying, how loud my truck is. I would just like to come to a solution. I've never seen or heard another Ram that has the fan roaring away like mine.
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