Engine radiator fan

JERRY75

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2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE
4.7L
V8
AWD
AUTOMATIC
180,000 MILES

My engine fan needs to be replaced. I'm wondering if this is something I can do my self? Where I could find one as cheap as possible? If I can do it my self, a reliable shop that won't charge an arm and a leg? Again this is the hydrolic engine fan, not the radiator fan.

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WRENCHTECH

MECHANIC
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The hydraulic fan used on vehicles equipped the 4.7L engine, replaces both the electric fan and the engine driven mechanical fan. The hydraulic cooling fan is integral to the fan shroud and is located between the radiator and the engine.
The power steering pump supplies the hydraulic fluid and pressure to rotate the cooling fan blade, while the electrical part of the fan is controlled by the JTEC.
The hydraulic fan drive (motor) consists of the three major following components:

Steering flow control valve
Fan control valve
Two stage G-rotor hydraulic drive

The hydraulic fan and drive is not serviceable. Therefore any failure of the fan blade, hydraulic fan drive or fan shroud requires replacement of the fan module because the fan blade and hydraulic fan drive are matched and balanced as a system and servicing either separately would disrupt this balance.