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fan clutch 200 1982

posted by  someone claiming to be 244 DL in Ottawa on  Tue Jul 23 01:59 CST 2002 [RELATED]

I have an 89 and found problems similar to what you explain. Tried taking out the rad and washing it out with water. All kinds of crap came out and the result - improved but not good. Changed thermostat from regular temp to the lower sensitivity degree setting and found car ran cooler at normal temp but still overheated. Rad flush - no change. Fan clutch acted as you explain. It didn't seem to engage. Ordered a "good" used one from a wrecker and found same problem. Took a blow torch to my old one and heated the coil - started to expand but the core didn't turn until bam, it moved. I lubed it with a rust penetrant, heated and cooled it a few times and installed it. Car runs great and even when it is 35 degees Celsius with humidity that puts it over 40 (that's like 100 to our American friends) with the air on and sitting in rush hour traffic, the temp is stable and never approaches the red.

Oh, and the warnings about soft bolts that attach clutch to water pump - all true. be careful as they round easily.

Andy
1989 244 DL - 344,000 Km






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