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Tiny
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How do you know if your fan clutch is bad
Saturday, January 29th, 2011 AT 4:38 AM

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Tiny
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When the engine is cold should spin with little resistance, when hot it has more resistance to spin
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Saturday, January 29th, 2011 AT 5:07 AM
Tiny
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My fan clutch is very hard to spin can I use WD40 to losen it
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Saturday, January 29th, 2011 AT 5:18 AM
Tiny
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Replace it
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Saturday, January 29th, 2011 AT 5:23 AM
Tiny
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What if I cant replace it at time my payday is a week away
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Saturday, January 29th, 2011 AT 6:06 AM
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If its not overheating prolong it, till the dough comes and get one
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Saturday, January 29th, 2011 AT 6:40 AM
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What made you think it was bad? My brothers was bad and made lots of noise. He oiled it quieted and does that about once a week. He has a rare car so not easy to find replacement.
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Saturday, January 29th, 2011 AT 9:55 AM
Tiny
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Because it does not want to spin
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Saturday, January 29th, 2011 AT 1:32 PM
Tiny
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You mean when car is off and cold? How did you happen to notice this? Was it causing a problem?
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Sunday, January 30th, 2011 AT 9:56 AM
Tiny
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Because it did this about a two months ago my friend said its the fan clutch so I went and got a new one and then out of no were it started funing good agine real good So I didnt think it needed that so I took it back and got my money back And now its doing it agin
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Sunday, January 30th, 2011 AT 11:11 AM
Tiny
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I hate to ask again, but what problem is this causing with driving the vehicle?
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 AT 6:50 AM

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