[Healeys] Yet another mystery

[i erbs]

Do you have photo of the proper installation?
Thanks

Ira Erbs
Milwaukie, OR
1959 Austin Healey 100-6

On Fri, Oct 3, 2025, 2:54 AM Michael Salter <michael.salter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I would also suggest that you take a careful look at the baffles that are,
> or should be, installed forward from the sides of the radiator to the
> grille. If these baffles aren't correctly fitted hot air from the backside
> of the radiator will swirl around to the front and pass through the
> radiator again and thus seriously deminish its cooling ability.
>
> M
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Harold
> Manifold <manifold at telus.net>
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 2, 2025 6:45:19 PM
> *To:* Richard Antal <rantal243 at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Yet another mystery
>
> Rich,
>
> Your comments "high speed. run of twenty miles" and "extra series of
> cooling tubes" may offer some clues. Fan blades flex away from the side
> that pushes air, in other words towards the radiator. The extra cooling
> tubes may have reduced the clearance between the radiator and the fan.
> There isn't much clearance to begin with. The combination of the two may
> have been enough for the fan to hit the radiator.
>
> The other issue is what caused the overheating. At high speeds the fan has
> little to no effect on cooling. Unless the ambient temperature was very
> high and you were going up a steep hill the colling system should keep up.
> What was the water temperature gauge saying?
>
> Harold
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM Richard Antal via Healeys <
> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Listers,
>     My BJ8 seems beleaguered with misfortune. A couple of weeks ago I
> noted the oil pressure gauge wildly oscillating at various speeds. It
> vanished two days later.
>     Yesterday a high speed. run of twenty miles produce an overheating
> radiator with fluid spewing from the overflow tube. To my horror, I saw
> that the Texas cooler fan which I'd had for at least 25 years had
> confronted the engine side of the radiator leaving a distinct circular
> impression and abrasion to the tip of one of the fan blades. That radiator
> was rebuilt two years ago with an extra series of cooling tubes and had
> given no problems for at least 5000 miles. I assumed the harness which
> prevents the engine from sliding forward was faulty. Inspection of the
> underside did not support that conclusion--it looked fine to me: all
> bushings and nuts were in place. I ran the engine after filling the
> radiator and saw no evidence of recurrence of the fan nudging the radiator.
> I'm perplexed what to do next. Thanks for your thoughts......
> Rich Antal
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