Need pictures of FJ60 fan (21 Viewers)
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Pretty sure mine is fully within the shroud. But I'm not at home to check,
If the fan blade is halfway into the shroud, that's optimal performance. All the way in does not move more air. Less than halfway, performance diminishes over distance outward. There should be some space between the fan blade and the radiator, otherwise if the blade flexes or warps, it would make contact and a h**l of a mess!
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Not to feed into my confirmation bias, but that's precisely my understanding, because the air needs to be moved. However, a reputable mechanic shop is telling me I need to figure out how to move further back into the shroud, which makes zero sense to me. Anyway, I'm going to keep it there and replace the clutch with a heavy-duty one, since my original issue started with the A/C causing the temperature to rise at idle. They responded that, in addition to the A/C condenser being too close to the radiator (makes sense), the fan blades were not tucked in far enough within the shroud.
Thanks for the gut checks!
Thanks for the gut checks!
Stock water pump, stock Fan Clutch (or any flavor Toyota FC), stock fan and you're good.
If you're having heating issues, and all the other mechanicals are good, there should be some FOAM surrounds on the fan shroud to kind of seal it against the radiator (I don't see it in the above pix). You can use some self-adhesive high-density stuff sold at Home Depot, etc. Shroud came from the factory that way. They've all turned to dust by now.
The fan shroud focuses airflow across the radiator and increases cooling efficiency, especially at lower vehicle speeds or idle. Sealing it helps that.
If you're having heating issues, and all the other mechanicals are good, there should be some FOAM surrounds on the fan shroud to kind of seal it against the radiator (I don't see it in the above pix). You can use some self-adhesive high-density stuff sold at Home Depot, etc. Shroud came from the factory that way. They've all turned to dust by now.
The fan shroud focuses airflow across the radiator and increases cooling efficiency, especially at lower vehicle speeds or idle. Sealing it helps that.
So to test your mechanic's theory, get a fan clutch with a longer snout. That will move the blades further into the shroud. Not related to you maybe, but I am doing a citric acid flush on my system to remove water deposits, etc.
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To note, mine is brand new everything, four core, new foam, aftermarket condenser, though unknown manufacturer.
My decision is to go heavy duty fan clutch, replace parallel flow with the attached. Will remove shroud to cut in half while I’m at it and tinker to create enough of flow from front. Air flow is slightly blocked unless you tell me that doesn’t matter.
Do you have an actual temp gauge with numbers?
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Negative, just the gauge. Worth attaching one to get a more accurate read?
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Copy that, can and will do!
Absolutely, the OE gauge is notoriously inaccurate, and prone to reading high. It's well documented in a few threads because of a wonky crude voltage regulator in one of the other gauges.
Engine Bay looks sexy!
