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burning smell and smoke from radiator fan area

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cerhard

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So my stang is in the shop. Had it towed there today after it crapped out on me last night. I was pullin into the mall and smelt this weird burning smell and once i pulled into the parking lot i see smoke coming from the hood. Pop the lid and smoke is pouring from the top of the radiator/fan area. Any ideas? I also noticed my dash lights went a little dim just prior to the smoking when i pulled in.
 

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I'd put my money that the electric fan motor burnt up, or you at least had some sort of short in that area.
 
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BurningRubber said:
I'd put my money that the electric fan motor burnt up, or you at least had some sort of short in that area.
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just talked to the guys at the shop and they said its the fan and they also said that i had an idler pulley missing that was tearing up the belt...hopefully that fixies the problems
 
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