Vibration from Fan
jdlgall
07-26-2006, 10:26 AM
When my fan turns on it sounds like a jet, it vibrates to the point that it has cracked a weld on the A/C and leaked out the freon, Can anyone tell me the solution to my problem.
busboy4
07-26-2006, 12:28 PM
Hi
Are you talking about the radiator cooling fans under the hood? I have no specifice experience with the problem you describe, but I would guess and out-of-balance problem with the fan itself, or perhaps an internal failure in the motor causing a similar balance issue. I might visually inspect the fans for anything that would obviously cause the problem: a chunk missing from a portion of the fan for instance, but in the long run I would probably look at a remove:replace of the suspected fan. By the way, if the rad fans are what we are discussing, do you know which one is at fault?
Are you talking about the radiator cooling fans under the hood? I have no specifice experience with the problem you describe, but I would guess and out-of-balance problem with the fan itself, or perhaps an internal failure in the motor causing a similar balance issue. I might visually inspect the fans for anything that would obviously cause the problem: a chunk missing from a portion of the fan for instance, but in the long run I would probably look at a remove:replace of the suspected fan. By the way, if the rad fans are what we are discussing, do you know which one is at fault?
98er
07-31-2006, 01:59 PM
I had this recently on a Thunderbird. The fan blade cracked and would expand to a larger diameter when running. It actually shook the lower rad hose from the radiator. Ford only sells the whole fan/motor/housing assembly and it's close to $300. I'd recommend a yard. I found one fo the T-Bird for $50 and is like-new.
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