Ok, thanks again, you guys are awesome, I will pick one up tomorrow or Thursday and let you guys know how it works.

 

i agree that sounds like the clutch is bad,

and i usually try turning the fan on a cold engine

 

Put the new fan clutch on and now she only hits 200 under a heavy load. Also the fan doesn't stay on for a 1/2 mile on first start in the morning it only stays on ~1 block.

 

Ok sorry to bring up this old thread but I wanted some input from you guys, my cooling fan is working very well. But should it be having to run full blast when it is 56 degrees outside? The engine will stay at 200 then I'll be driving in town, have to sit at a stop light and it will kick on full blast all the way down to 52 degrees ambient temp. Do your guys' durangos do this? None of the gm's, dodges, or ford I've had experience with do this.

 

The outside temp has nothing to do with manual fan clutch. Its underhood temp. I run a Flex-a-lite Black Magic with 3300cfm with no problems here in the desert with 35s and me the the truck weighs in at 5400lbs. Summit Racing has it, FLX-180, has adjustable controler and manual switch. Pics on my cardomain page http://www.cardomain.com/ride/331247...-dodge-durango took 20+lbs off motor with that conversion. Use deep trans pan and cooler for towing to keep temps down too.

 

I've been thinking about adding a 10in. pusher, but my coolant goes up to 210 (which isn't bad) when I'm sitting still at 50. I guess my question is, is this normal?

 

Didn't want to start my own fan thread for one question so I thought is throw it in this fan discussion.

I've read a bunch on here about a fan conversion and wanted to know if that's what I have here. It looks out of place to be stock but this is my first dodge. Thanks for the info


And again sorry about the big pic, don't know how to change it.

 

99 D's came with a fan clutch and good ol' fashioned metal fan. That is a conversion the PO did since electric assist fans weren't put on til 2000.

 

Thanks, learning a lot about my new ride here. Does this cool better or were the oem fans prone to failure?

 

it just unloads the engine a little bit

if you tow the clutch fan is still better.