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From: punta gorda florida
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Has any buddy ever added oil to a fan clutch if so how and where do you get it* iam told it was a silicone oil or grease very thickalso has anyone had to use 0.120 thic intake gaskets when using a 69 sb and aluminum heads if so why
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Most people can not add oil to a fan clutch. They are less than $50 at Autozone or Pep Boys so why even jack with it?
Fred Oliva can rebuild them but you have to pay 2-3 times as much and wait a year or longer so that isn't usualy an option for most of us.
-Mark.
Fred Oliva can rebuild them but you have to pay 2-3 times as much and wait a year or longer so that isn't usualy an option for most of us.
-Mark.
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First, do you know that it's defective? To test it, get the engine hot enough for the fan to be 'activated'. Then pull the car off the road and pop the hood (engine still running). While watching the fan, turn the engine OFF. If the thermostatic fan is working properly, the fan should not make more than a couple of revolutions before stopping. If it keeps turning, the oil/valve system in the fan is defective. Putting different 'oil' in it will not help it to work properly. My guess is that you don't know that much about the fan [or how to fix it], or you wouldn't be asking us. Buy a replacement, if you need one.
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First, do you know that it's defective? To test it, get the engine hot enough for the fan to be 'activated'. Then pull the car off the road and pop the hood (engine still running). While watching the fan, turn the engine OFF. If the thermostatic fan is working properly, the fan should not make more than a couple of revolutions before stopping. If it keeps turning, the oil/valve system in the fan is defective. Putting different 'oil' in it will not help it to work properly. My guess is that you don't know that much about the fan [or how to fix it], or you wouldn't be asking us. Buy a replacement, if you need one.
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I've always heard that fan clutches should be stored standing up, as if installed on a car or it may be ruined. That may be an old "mechanics tale" come to think of it, the new ones on the shelf at the parts store are not stored standing up, or are they?
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fan clutch
stiil seems to work just one of those things It sat there for a while while i made some repairs and there was a puddle under itso i started trying to find out about them I like to know how things work and thought someone out there may have some experiance with them
