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RE: Sprite Radiator Fan Direction

To: "Quinn, Patrick" <Patrick.Quinn@det.nsw.edu.au>,
Subject: RE: Sprite Radiator Fan Direction
From: "Quinn, Patrick" <Patrick.Quinn@det.nsw.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 15:08:49 +1000
 G'day

It's a good thing that I am a reasonably easy going sort of bloke, for
if I wasn't as I would be calling a lot of people out there a pack of
drongos.

Yes I know that it wasn't in words of one syllables but I think I made
it quite clear that the question was for a 1967 Sprite. I also made it
clear that the question was received from a Sprite owner and did not
come from me. Most may know that I have never owned a Sprite and
therefore I have no idea what the radiator fan setup is on the bloody
things. For all I know the air may be pushed through the radiator by the
gyrations of an over excited geisha.

It was a simple question that deserved a simple answer. That's it. It
had nothing to do with how copies of Healey Marque arrive damaged in the
post. Nothing to do with Texas Coolers, M**S Motors and certainly
nothing to do with the 2367 100Ms that still exist from the original 600
plus built.

Although I am well aware of the primary causes of running hot I will say
thankyou to those who reminded me about those causes. However, I thought
perhaps that they may be something peculiar to Sprite that I was not
aware of.

The English language is full of wonderful ways of passing on one's
feelings without resorting to words that leave negativities.

By the way the fan in the BMC Mini is designed to blow air through the
radiator and if it's reversed it draws air through causing overheating.
It's probably peculiar to the Mini and derivatives.

Hoo Roo

Patrick Quinn
Sydney, Australia

1947 Healey Duncan Saloon
1954 Austin-Healey 100 BN3/1
(No Sprite)


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Quinn, Patrick
Sent: Wednesday, 17 May 2006 11:54 AM
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Sprite Radiator Fan Direction

G'day

I have received a Sprite question that I am unable to answer and I
thought someone out there would know.

It concerns the pitch of the radiator fan fitted to a '67 Sprite. The
car is experiencing overheating problems and after having the radiator
serviced, new thermostat and radiator cap it is still doing the same
thing.

It's been suggested that perhaps the fan has been connected back to
front and is trying to push air forward instead of drawing it backwards
through the radiator. So the owner removed the fan and turned it around
and it's still doing the same. He wants to know if there are left or
right pitched fans and if the fans are reversed then does the air get
pushed or pulled.

Many thanks

Patrick Quinn
Sydney, Australia
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