Cooling Fans....

[MIDNIGHT RIDER]

I live in an area that gets hot in the summer, and cold in the winter. I never really run the truck long distances in the hot weather over here, so I had never heard the fan go into "lock-up" and spin "fully". On my trip back from Beaverton, I got onto I-5 and ran at 65 mph (3,100 rpms) for 65 miles straight. That's the first time I have heard my fan go into "lock-up" and I could hear that fan over the radio, engine, turbo, and the road noise of the 35" tires rolling at 65 mph with the windows down. I have no clue how much air the fan was moving, but I could watch the temp gauge drop when it kicked in.

I must be "hard-of-hearing", as my fan is permanantly locked and I don't even notice it.


But then, the only time my windows are ever down is to chase out a bee.