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Old 09-09-02, 05:50 PM
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Question Is the fan clutch known to go bad??????Help

some times my sc300 sounds like a truck (landcruiser) from all the blowing noise the fan makes. It doesnt sound like a Lex is supposed to sound (quite). does that means the clutch fan is going bad, and is this a known problem on a 94 sc300. I was getting a crying scrething niose for a while and counldnt figure it out. know i dont here it I just here that loud blowing noise. Any info to my problems..................thanks alot CL people
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Mine went bad at about 100K miles.

I have a manual transmission so I good control my RPMs precisely. Anything above 3000 RPM was unbelievably loud. But I'm sure my engine was kept cool.

I have an early model '95. The repair was somewhere in the $200-$300 range.

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Old 09-11-02, 11:02 AM
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so we are talking about the fan clutch correct. I have 128,000 miles on mine so i guess its time huh. did you ever get a high pitch sqeeking from that.
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