E-fan not doing the job.
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Do you have a tranny cooler and a power steering cooler in front of your radiator? Mine does, but it's got the class-4 towing setup. I don't know if they're all like that or not.
If you do, I'm wondering if those aren't getting hot enough that you need to move air through everything faster to keep up with the additional heat demand. Any air that get pulled in through those two coolers is already pre-heated before it passes through the radiator so that could be a factor when climbing a steep incline.
If you're getting into situations where it's heating up quite a bit, you might want to try having the high-speed setting available on a switch. I'm reading that the airflow is greatly increased on high speed, so that should help cool things down when you aren't moving fast.
I'm assuming that your cooling system is in good working order.
If you do, I'm wondering if those aren't getting hot enough that you need to move air through everything faster to keep up with the additional heat demand. Any air that get pulled in through those two coolers is already pre-heated before it passes through the radiator so that could be a factor when climbing a steep incline.
If you're getting into situations where it's heating up quite a bit, you might want to try having the high-speed setting available on a switch. I'm reading that the airflow is greatly increased on high speed, so that should help cool things down when you aren't moving fast.
I'm assuming that your cooling system is in good working order.
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Are you talking about the Taurus fan? I thought they pulled about 2500 CFM on low, 3600 on high... Either way that is a lot of air!
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its been hot as hell in fla this summer i have only had mine hooked up for a cpl weeks now and i went with a "junkyard" fan and it works great. run the truck in hard traffic in the heat of the day ya know round 3 and she works great havent got the 180 in yet but i will be doing so soon....
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Flex-a-Lite 180 Extreme, full kit so everything you need is in the box. I believe it's been replaced by model 183 now.
I did my install by the book except I didn't like using a non ignition power source. The fan running after cutting the truck off till it came down to temp made me uneasy as I was standing around waiting to hear it shut off so my battery wouldn't be dead. LOL!!!
So I wired to a keyed source. Other than that, straight by the instruction manual install...