Hydraulic Radiator Cooling Fan Motor

Think of the radiator s fins and looped coils as a heat exchanger that emanates heat from the engine and the fan helps enhance that process especially when the vehicle is stopped and there s no air flow from movement.

Hydraulic radiator cooling fan motor.

The pcm sends a pwm signal to a solenoid valve on the fan motor giving it a variable rate. This should be the same process as the 2002 birds. There are 2 hydraulic type hoses that appear to go down to the tranny or the back of the motor. 2002 ford thunderbird 303 17.

The fan is mounted to a brace pointed at the radiator. There is a line from the power steering reservoir that goes to the top of the fan motor. Traditional on off clutch solutions operate only at maximum speed and can suddenly drain power to the vehicle and slow down the work cycle. The stock jeep 5 7l hydraulic fan is driven off of the power steering pump and requires special fluid.

The hydraulic radiator fan has a two stage g rotor hydraulic motor that s powered by high pressure power steering fluid provided by the power steering pump. When the motor is shut of and cool the fan will spin freely by hand. The full cooling control of hydraulic fan drives enables ramping parker hydraulic fan drive systems are efficient throughout the engine and vehicle s operating range. I didn t take step by step pictures but here s the info as i remember.

The radiator fan is a key part of your cooling system. 2002 ford thunderbird 200 00. One from each side of the fan housing. The fan control solenoid regulates flow to the hydraulic motor by pulsing the power steering fluid based on commands from the fan control module fcm.

The hydraulic cooling fan runs at 500 rpm as soon as the engine is on as soon as the engine temperature rises above a certain level the pcm will command the hydraulic fan solenoid valve more open to ramp up the fan speed. I have done this conversion on 4 lincoln ls s including 2 of my own. Four seasons 35656 rad fan motor. Oem new 2002 ford thunderbird radiator hydraulic cooling fan motor 6w4z8c607a fits.

This is a write up on how to convert your factory hydraulic cooling fan to an electric cooling fan saving you a lot of money. Radiator fan motor fan assembly hydraulic fits 00 03 lincoln ls 726512 fits. 3 7 out of 5 stars 10.