Generic Fault Code
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Fan Blades Spin but Engine Overheats
System
Cooling
Symptom
Fan Blades Spin but Engine Overheats
Diagnosis & fix steps
LOGIC: Cooling Fan Rationality Check Malfunction.
ACTION: Clean dirt out of the electronic fan clutch pickup ring. Verify fan blade speed correlates correctly with control inputs.
Red Seal field insights
Correlation: Fan speed sensor return telemetry lags beneath targets requested during thermal tracking sweeps.
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