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240 Radiator Fan Clutch

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arbop
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Year and Model: 2004 V70
Location: Virginia

240 Radiator Fan Clutch

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92 240, do not know if the fab clutch is OEM. When the car is first started, it pulls a tremendous amount of air through the radiator. If the engine revs are increased, the fan will eventually slow down, as expected. When the engine is left to idle, it seems the fan never again pulls the same amount of air through the radiator, no matter what the coolant temp is. When the engine is shut off, there may be 1-2 revolutions of the fan before it stops turning. Any chance I need to replace the clutch? The car has gotten to the upper range of the temp gage, say when sitting at a drive through window, but not into the red zone.
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Current: 2004 V70

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mtd240
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Post by mtd240 »

Have you removed and jumper-ed the "Temp Faker" board?

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2007 XC70, white/oak, 175k miles
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1990 240 DL Wagon, M47, lots of goodies. 372,000 miles
1978 242, lots and lots of work to get a reliable daily
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arbop
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Year and Model: 2004 V70
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Post by arbop »

Not sure what that is, but according to the Haynes manual, for the 92 model year, the electric fan only comes on with the A/C
Current: 2004 V70

Prev: 73 1800ES, 76 240DL, 79 245 manual, 78 242GT, 81 245 GLT, 87 745 Turbo, 97 850 T-5, 89 745 manual wagon, 1992 240, (this one saved my life!). 2004 V70 2.5T. Whew!

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