engine fan
...but I just had "roaring fan" and hold to the 'don't sweat it' philosophy but making a few observations, wonder if a block heater could be to blame. It's been cold up here (27F - 37F) but not too cold. I sometimes plug it in on a timer just because I can. Tonight it was 37 and the heater had been on for maybe 30 minutes but my real question is: could this trick the ECU or coolant sensors? I drove around and it heated up some but my temp gauge was still in the lower 1/3 of the range. (The CC was blowing warm air on my feet). So I pulled over and shut it off. After a minute or so fired it up again. The temp gauge went to normal range right away. The fan gave me one more road then it all went normal. Idle was a little high in N until I rebooted too.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
Winching
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I chuckled to myself when I read this...
Up here in the land of the ice and snow, vehicles don't get plugged in til it's below 0F or colder. It was -20F here this morning and the truck started right up. A brief (2-3 sec) howl from the PS pump and all was good.
Best feature on these trucks, imo... heated front windscreen. Brilliant for freezing rain or heavy frost.
Winching
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This thread reminded me of a oil pan heater I bought for my old 95 E300D. It had a 4"x5" 3M adhesive heater pad and a 3-4' length of cord with a plug. What I liked about this setup was it was heating up the oil in the pan and that heat was naturally radiating up into the engine block. Will see if I can find a link...
Camel Trophy
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From: North of Seattle
I know I know...
I chuckled to myself when I read this...
Up here in the land of the ice and snow, vehicles don't get plugged in til it's below 0F or colder. It was -20F here this morning and the truck started right up. A brief (2-3 sec) howl from the PS pump and all was good.
Best feature on these trucks, imo... heated front windscreen. Brilliant for freezing rain or heavy frost.
Up here in the land of the ice and snow, vehicles don't get plugged in til it's below 0F or colder. It was -20F here this morning and the truck started right up. A brief (2-3 sec) howl from the PS pump and all was good.
Best feature on these trucks, imo... heated front windscreen. Brilliant for freezing rain or heavy frost.
I will keep an eye on the fan behavior. It does this once in a while and everything else seems normal. Thermostat isn't all that old....but can't rule it out.
Last edited by houm_wa; Dec 28, 2017 at 11:30 AM.
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