Fan

[ShotgunZ71]

Is the fan on the Duramax an electromagnetic fan? I see the connection and hear it "rev" up sometimes while idling. The searches online I've done are inconclusive. Thanks in advance. Just wanting to verify.

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[SMiller]

No, it is a mechanical fan, you are hearing it being ran through the test cycle upon start up, as long as you do not hear it roaring away on cool days under light load there is no worry.

[ShotgunZ71]

Ok. Thanks. Made me wonder once I saw the mechanical clutch, but yet had an electrical connection on the backside of he clutch.

 

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[newdude]

Electro-viscous (EV) fan clutch on Duramax LML.

 

The purpose of the electro-viscous (EV) fan clutch is to maintain powertrain cooling requirements. The engine control module (ECM) monitors the following sensors to regulate the fan speed:

• Engine coolant temperature sensor
• A/C refrigerant pressure sensor
• Vehicle speed sensor
• Intake air temperature sensor
• Transmission fluid temperature sensor
• Ambient air temperature sensor
• Cooling fan speed sensor

The ECM controls the EV fan clutch operation. The ECM regulates a 12-volt pulse width modulated signal (PWM) to the cooling fan relay. The PWM signal determines the ON time of the relay. As the ECM command increases, so does the ON time of the relay. The relay ON time directly controls the amount of time the solenoid, which is internal to the fan clutch, is energized. When the solenoid in the fan clutch is energized, it opens the spring loaded valve and allows fluid to flow from the storage chamber to the fluid coupling of the cooling fan clutch, which increases the fan speed. When the solenoid is de-energized, the spring loaded valve closes, and allows the fluid in the coupling of the fan clutch to drain back to the storage chamber, which reduces fan speed. The rapid modulation of the fan clutch solenoid valve gives the ECM the ability to precisely control the amount of fluid that remains in the fluid coupler, allowing more effective regulation of the fan speed and powertrain cooling requirements.

 

The fan clutch supplies a feedback signal to the ECM, as an actual fan speed input. The fan speed sensor is a hall effect sensor which is internal to the fan clutch. The ECM supplies a 5-volt reference and a low reference to the hall effect sensor. The hall effect sensor returns a signal pulse through the cooling fan speed signal circuit in response to the reluctor track passing by the magnetic field of the hall effect sensor.

 

The scan tool can operate the cooling fan clutch. This is done through the controls function menu screen. Cooling fan clutch engagement can take up to 2 minutes with a 100 percent command and the engine speed at 2,000 RPM. The lower the engine speed, the longer it will take for the fan to engage. Cooling fan disengagement can take up to 2 minutes with the engine speed at 2,000 RPM. The lower the engine speed, the longer it will take to disengage. In lower ambient air temperatures the cooling fan will engage in less time, however, it will take longer to disengage due to the properties of the fluid vs. temperature.

 

Under certain conditions the cooling fan may be engaged at engine start. The cooling may have been engaged at the time the engine was turned off. Or, fluid may bleed from the storage chamber into the fluid coupling of the cooling fan clutch while the engine is off. Although the fan clutch is commanded off during a cold start, this is the most likely time a vehicle driver will notice that the fan noise is excessive in comparison to engine starts when the fan clutch is disengaged.

 

 

[ShotgunZ71]

That explains it perfectly, 15HDriver. Appreciate the detailed info.