An '89 Cutlass doesn't have a radiator fan with a clutch. It's a FWD,
> transverse engine with an electric fan.
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> Roger
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>> Just a wild guess, but I would be checking the rad fan for a busted >> clutch.
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>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>
>> bigbossfan80 wrote:
>>>
>>> It's been about 8 months now since anything has gone wrong with my 89
>>> Cutlass Supreme. I was starting to like not having to repair or
>>> replace, and instead just maintain!:)
>>>
>>> But lastnight I drove to Mississauga, Ontario to pick-up my brother.
>>> It's an hour and a half drive on the highway. Going there, everything
>>> was smooth as always. But, on the way back, about 20 minutes from
>>> home, I noticed quite a violent shaking and vibration through the gas
>>> pedal, floor board, and especially steering wheel/column. For some
>>> reason I thought right away that it was a transmission thing, but then
>>> I realized it was doing it in every gear, and ONLY when I was at a
>>> certain throttle point.
>>>
>>> For example, if I was 0-20% on the throttle, it was fine, 20-50%, it
>>> was shaking violently and wouldn't accelerate, and 50%+, it was >>> fine!??
>>>
>>> It was also making loud, almost grinding noises. And the steering
>>> wheel shaking could be heard as well as fealt. Same with the gas
>>> pedal itself, I could feel it pulsating really violently in my foot. >>>
>>> Needless to say I was very worried. Once I got onto city streets, I
>>> noticed it would even do it in 1st gear while starting to accelerate
>>> initially, then once I got past the throttle point in which it woud
>>> shake and rattle, it would stop until I was in the next gear and back
>>> at that same throttle point.
>>>
>>> It kind of felt to me like something was all-of-a-sudden very loose,
>>> like something in the steering rack, column, or drive-line. My
>>> brother is under the impression that it didn't start doing this until
>>> I had accidently drove over too far on the left hand side and ran over
>>> all those closely placed BUMPY things to make you slow down. But I am
>>> not sure this is the case...
>>>
>>> Anyways, what makes this SO strange, is that once I got off the
>>> highway and to my parents house, I shut the car off, parked it, and
>>> went inside for about 20 minutes. Then, when I went to leave to go
>>> home, I noticed that the shaking and vibrating was completely GONE!!!!
>>> What the hell!!?? Simply shutting the car off and parking it for 20
>>> minutes has somehow cured the problem!!?? I drove all lastnight and
>>> so-far today and it has not done the same thing once! Not even a >>> little bit!
>>>
>>> So this has me totally flabergasted. Because I could see if it were
>>> an engine problem, then maybe reseting the engine by turning it off
>>> could possibly fix it, but this in no way felt like an engine problem
>>> at all! It felt completely like something was phyically damaged or
>>> disturbed. Maybe I'm wrong? I mean, I know when an engine has a
>>> mis-fire like a bad coil that the engine will shake violently under
>>> load, so maybe this is the case, but it definately didn't feel like it >>> to me...
>>>
>>> Anyone have any input to this crazy story??
>>>
>>> THANKS GUYS!:)
>>>
>>> Merry X-mas
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