3.0's take forever to warm up?
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My temp gage comes off the peg in the first mile, and warm air comes out of the face vents.
Fully warmed up by the time I hit the 3 or 4 mile mark.
Have you replaced the thermostat?
FWIW, my fan clutch disengages before I hit the end of my street, but it is considerably warmer here in NE NC than Buffalo, eh?.
Fully warmed up by the time I hit the 3 or 4 mile mark.
Have you replaced the thermostat?
FWIW, my fan clutch disengages before I hit the end of my street, but it is considerably warmer here in NE NC than Buffalo, eh?.
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Why would the fan effect it if the thermostat is working? If it is properly closed, the water in the engine is not affected by the fan until the engine warms and the thermostat opens. Also if electric fan, it should not be running if the engine is cold. Not saying anyone is wrong, just don't understand.
Last edited by mountain ranger; 12-22-2006 at 09:15 AM.
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if the fan clutch is not functioning properly the engine will never get to proper operating temp. (195)
most of the time the clutch is seized up or freewheels.
the fan clutch is thermostaticly controlled, it only moves air when the radiator gets hot, if the clutch is frozen the coolant in the radiator can never get to operating temp due to to much air being mooved across the fins.
sounds to me like a thermostat is where i would start
most of the time the clutch is seized up or freewheels.
the fan clutch is thermostaticly controlled, it only moves air when the radiator gets hot, if the clutch is frozen the coolant in the radiator can never get to operating temp due to to much air being mooved across the fins.
sounds to me like a thermostat is where i would start
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are people really that dumb?????? have you ever cranked your car with the hood up when its cold???? there is a considerable amount of airflow over the engine during warm up with the mech. fan!!! with the efan there is no air flow to cool the motor during warm up. if its 35 out then your mech. fan is blowing 35 degree air over your engine slowing down the warm up process quit a bit. like i said before my warm up time was CUT IN HALF with the efan.
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Originally Posted by dixie789456
are people really that dumb?????? have you ever cranked your car with the hood up when its cold???? there is a considerable amount of airflow over the engine during warm up with the mech. fan!!! with the efan there is no air flow to cool the motor during warm up. if its 35 out then your mech. fan is blowing 35 degree air over your engine slowing down the warm up process quit a bit. like i said before my warm up time was CUT IN HALF with the efan.
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well if you don't belive it how bout comin down to check it out for your self....... i'm sure the difference between six min. and two min. is more than half. unless they use different math in michigan?????? oh and unless my truck had a bad mech. fan with less than 4,000 miles on the truck. mine did not shut off after 1 min.
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Originally Posted by red_fx2
my 3.0 warms up quick. 2-3mins after its started.. i got warm air flowin
No problems with mine.
I'm with the others that said to check your T-stat. Maybe you don't have the right temp one in there.
I'll I know is after hearing all the nightmares and horror stories about those efans.......I wouldn't put on in my truck if someone else paid for it and installed it. My stocker works just fine with no problems.
I like to stick with "if it ain't broken, why replace it".
*Some of you need to have a coffee before posting too....or maybe step back and count to 10.....yikes!!