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markbomgardner Feb 3, 2011 01:14 PM

RPM's
 
I have an 07 3.7l club cab 6 speed. When i have it in neutral and rev it up ( for some nice sound ) it takes forever and a day for the RPMs to wind back down. is there anything i can do or replace to keep from this happening. Thats probably the only thing i dislike about the truck. Does anyone else have a V6 that does that?

thunder98110 Feb 3, 2011 03:16 PM

its because you have a clutch fan, remove it and install an efan.

jkeaton Feb 3, 2011 03:23 PM


Originally Posted by thunder98110 (Post 2404589)
its because you have a clutch fan, remove it and install an efan.

Explain please....

cramerica Feb 3, 2011 03:57 PM

I doubt it's the clutched fan - it would only serve to drag the engine down faster when your foot is off the gas.

My '07 3.7 V6 also takes a long time to rev down, particularly on cold mornings. I've just chalked it up to the electronic throttle mapping. The throttle body is always a beat slower than the gas pedal, both getting on the gas and lifting off.

2007 was the first year for electronic throttle on these trucks.

donkeypunch Feb 3, 2011 04:06 PM


Originally Posted by thunder98110 (Post 2404589)
its because you have a clutch fan, remove it and install an efan.

No offense, but that does not have much to do with a "hanging" decell of rpm speed. My 3.7L did not do it with the factory clutch fan with 80K on it, before I went to the e-fan.

To the orginal poster: I think Cramerica is right, look into the electronic throttle stuff. My Dak is an 06', last year of the "real" throttle cables.

rengnath Feb 3, 2011 04:18 PM

I know alot of guys with manual transmissions had problems with the RPMs hanging between gears when they had the V6 ..... and guess what the dealer said! Normal operation! I don't agree that hanging RPMs are normal though.

thunder98110 Feb 3, 2011 05:03 PM


Originally Posted by donkeypunch (Post 2404661)
No offense, but that does not have much to do with a "hanging" decell of rpm speed. My 3.7L did not do it with the factory clutch fan with 80K on it, before I went to the e-fan.

To the orginal poster: I think Cramerica is right, look into the electronic throttle stuff. My Dak is an 06', last year of the "real" throttle cables.

well when i had my clutch fan on it had the same problem, i took it off and it was much better.

markbomgardner Feb 3, 2011 07:29 PM

Well i guess i could unhook the clutch fan to see if thats it. I was looking at the fastman throttle body, would that take care of having the throttle body concern? or do i need to do something else?

lghtngblt02 Feb 3, 2011 10:28 PM


Originally Posted by donkeypunch (Post 2404661)
No offense, but that does not have much to do with a "hanging" decell of rpm speed. My 3.7L did not do it with the factory clutch fan with 80K on it, before I went to the e-fan.

To the orginal poster: I think Cramerica is right, look into the electronic throttle stuff. My Dak is an 06', last year of the "real" throttle cables.

Are you guys sure about 06? I am pretty sure mine has a cable all the way through... 08s were the first of electronic throttles. I mena it does have the same TB.

hendrixx324 Feb 3, 2011 10:32 PM

yea i think 08 is the first year


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