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Re: [Healeys] Auxiliary electric fan

To: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>, Alan Seigrist via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>, Harold Manifold <manifold@telus.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Auxiliary electric fan
From: Kees Oudesluijs via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 11:48:03 +0200 (CEST)
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A thermostat with a lower opening temperature does not prevent overheating. It 
may buy you some time before the engine overheats but if you are long enough in 
a traffic jam it will overheat eventually. A more powerful fixed fan may 
alleviate the problem a bit but the only real solution will be a properly 
installed electric fan.

I have done this from the sixties on all my cars that had a fixed fan. However 
even in those days many of the more powerful cars were already equipped with 
thermostatically controlled radiator fans.

An electric fan does not solve overheating because of other issues like a dirty 
or blocked radiator, silted up engine, faulty cowling etc.


Kees Oudesluijs

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</head><body><p style="" class="default-style">A thermostat with a lower 
opening temperature does not prevent overheating. It may buy you some time 
before the engine overheats but if you are long enough in a traffic jam it will 
overheat eventually. A more powerful fixed fan may alleviate the problem a bit 
but the only real solution will be a properly installed electric fan.<br></p><p 
style="" class="default-style">I have done this from the sixties on all my cars 
that had a fixed fan. However even in those days many of the more powerful cars 
were already equipped with thermostatically controlled radiator fans.<br></p><p 
style="" class="default-style">An electric fan does not solve overheating 
because of other issues like a dirty or blocked radiator, silted up engine, 
faulty cowling etc.<br></p><p style="" class="default-style"><br></p><p 
style="" class="default-style">Kees Oudesluijs<br></p></body></html>
 
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