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That terrible noise is the sound of the fan clutch engaging when the engine
heats up..NORMAL... Live with it..1SG PANTANO
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From: <RoughDoc@aol.com>
To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 4:34 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] HMMWV goes home/fan noise question
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> I remember when we were first issued the HMMWV's. Driving down the
Autobahn,
> and all of a sudden this loud roaring noise. I thought we had blown the
> thing up!
>
> In reality, the HMMWV suffers from the newer design disease known as an
> electrical radiator fan, which is thermostatically controlled.
>
> Be glad you heard the "roar". It means the thing is working.
>
> BTW, you can tell you are an MV'er. Most folks would have never made the
> connection between the temperature gauge and the roar sound!
>
> Doc
>
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