bobracing
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Just got the truck together and working bugs out.
On the way home the truck got a little hotter than I liked, the "L" in "normal" on a stock Ford gauge. So last night I took it for another drive to see why it was getting hot. Driving thru town and the DQ drive thru, the temp came up and sat at about the "O" where I think it should run. After a little town driving and fresh fuel the temp gauge staying about the same, we headed for the hwy. Out on the hwy I could tell how fast we were going by the temp gauge, "L" for 70mph and basically moved up and down as speed was changed. At 55mph the gauge would drop back down to about the "O-R" range and stay there. The gauge would also move up and down as we went up and down hills too but didn't affect it as much as speed.
After getting home I popped the hood and checked the fan to see if it was locked up, it turned fairly easily, but the truck was also back in the "o-r" range too. Did the same thing this morning, got to work popped the hood and again the fan turned easily, but again the truck was in the "o-r" range and the temp is about 30deg cooler this morning (95 last night vs 65 this morning).
Am I on the right track thinking the fan clutch is out? or is there another place I should be looking?
Thanks.
On the way home the truck got a little hotter than I liked, the "L" in "normal" on a stock Ford gauge. So last night I took it for another drive to see why it was getting hot. Driving thru town and the DQ drive thru, the temp came up and sat at about the "O" where I think it should run. After a little town driving and fresh fuel the temp gauge staying about the same, we headed for the hwy. Out on the hwy I could tell how fast we were going by the temp gauge, "L" for 70mph and basically moved up and down as speed was changed. At 55mph the gauge would drop back down to about the "O-R" range and stay there. The gauge would also move up and down as we went up and down hills too but didn't affect it as much as speed.
After getting home I popped the hood and checked the fan to see if it was locked up, it turned fairly easily, but the truck was also back in the "o-r" range too. Did the same thing this morning, got to work popped the hood and again the fan turned easily, but again the truck was in the "o-r" range and the temp is about 30deg cooler this morning (95 last night vs 65 this morning).
Am I on the right track thinking the fan clutch is out? or is there another place I should be looking?
Thanks.