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S188:
I've been thinking about fitting a Viscus fan on my 2.25 diesel.  Will one fit and what would I need?  At the moment I have a standard fan (which doesn't have a cowl) but in the winter the temp gauge struggles to get over 60°C - somewhat overcooled I recon!

I've used a sucker electric fan (ie where the original goes) But I killed it with not a great deal of mud (aparently it was fitted upsidedown, though it had the wires comming out the bottem as spesified).  Lickally it had a 2 year warentee (Kenlowe).  That warentee came in usefull again after the temp sensor broke due to water (its mounted high up round the back of my rad panel out the way, and its a petrol engine so I don't wade it massively).

I do drive with an eye on the temp gauge but did once only notice I'd forgot to turn it on when it had just passed 100°C - I'd trther have an automatic system and am slightly put off by the electric idea.

A viscous fan must be slightly more efficent than the macanical one I have now.  Any ideas?

Rich_P:
In my own opinion, for your requirements, a viscious would be ideal.  But why not simply keep with the standard Series fan setup?  It's a diesel, so a bit of water splash shouldn't be a problem...

My fear of the electric fan is that if it packs up, you've got no fan and you're stuffed if you suddenly happen to need it. (such as if the rad is blocked up mostly with mud etc.)

ed209:
I think i'll avoid the electric

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