Radiator Cooling Fan: Service and Repair

Cooling Fan Replacement - Electric

Removal Procedure

Caution: An electric fan under the hood can start up even when the engine is not running and can injure you. Keep hands, clothing and tools away from any underhood electric fan.

Caution: To help avoid personal injury or damage to the vehicle, a bent, cracked, or damaged fan blade or housing should always be replaced.

1. Caution: Refer to Battery Disconnect Caution in Service Precautions.

Disconnect the negative battery cable.





2. Disconnect the cooling fan electrical connector.
3. Partially drain the cooling system.
4. Remove the right and left engine mount struts.
5. Remove the right and left engine mount strut brackets.
6. Remove the left front fender upper diagonal brace.
7. Remove the air cleaner and duct assembly.
8. Remove the radiator inlet hose from the radiator.
9. Remove the powertrain control module (PCM) harness from the fan shroud clip.





10. Remove the cooling fan shroud bolts.
11. Raise and support the vehicle. Refer to Vehicle Lifting.
12. Remove the push pin retainer from the lower left side of the fan shroud.
13. Remove the transmission oil cooler lines from the retainer clip at the bottom of the cooling fan shroud.
14. Lower the vehicle.
15. Remove the cooling fan shroud clip from the top of the radiator.





16. Remove the radiator upper support brackets that connect to the fan shroud.
17. Remove the fan motor heat shields.
18. Remove the cooling fan shroud.

19. Caution: If a fan blade is bent or damaged in any way, do not repair or reuse the damaged part. Always replace a bent or damaged fan blade. Fan blades that have been damaged can not be assured of proper balance and could fail and fly apart during subsequent use. This creates an extremely dangerous situation.

The fan blades must remain in proper balance. You cannot assure fan blade balance once a fan blade has been bent or damaged. A fan blade that is not in proper balance could fail and fly apart during use, creating an extremely dangerous situation.

Inspect the cooling fan for the following conditions:
^ Bent or cracked cooling fan blades
^ Smoothness of the cooling fan blade mating surfaces
^ Remove burrs or other imperfections as necessary





20. Remove the cooling fan blade nut.
21. Remove the cooling fan blade.

Installation Procedure





1. Install the cooling fan blade.

2. Notice: Refer to Fastener Notice in Service Precautions.

Install the cooling fan blade nut.
Tighten the nut to 6 Nm (53 inch lbs.).





3. Install the cooling fan shroud.
4. Install the cooling fan shroud clip to the top of the radiator. Apply pressure in order to completely engage the clip onto the radiator.
5. Install the cooling fan shroud bolts.
Tighten the bolts to 6 Nm (53 inch lbs.).
6. Raise and support the vehicle. Refer to Vehicle Lifting.
7. Install the push pin retainer to the lower left side of the fan shroud.
8. Install the transmission oil cooler lines on to the retainer at the bottom of the cooling fan shroud.
9. Lower the vehicle.
10. Install the fan motor heat shields.





11. Install the radiator upper support brackets and bolts that hold the fan shroud.
Tighten the bolts to 10 Nm (89 inch lbs.).





12. Connect the cooling fan electrical connector.
13. Install the radiator inlet hose to the radiator.
14. Install the air cleaner and duct assembly.
15. Install the left front fender upper diagonal brace.
16. Install the PCM harness on to the fan shroud clip.
17. Install the right and left engine mount strut brackets.
18. Install the right and left engine mount struts.
19. Fill the cooling system.
20. Connect the negative battery cable.