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Thinking Of Fitting a Kenlowe Fan - Advice Please
BtB:
I found the fan worked perfectly, until it stopped working! Then you have major problems (i was doing 70mph at the time just about to hit the M25 in rush hour so facing long slow moving traffic). Not nice and things became very hot in an effort to keep things cool.
The fan worked fine for a year, but any savings in cost disapear when you have to fork out for a new motor on the fan.
It is somthing that people overlook when fitting an electric fan, what happens when it goes wrong (i know that viscous fans can and do go wrong) i agree its not somthing that you would normally think about. But the fan is doing a really important job.
I will fit my new electric fan, but only when i have a solution for when it breaks down.
As for fans in front of the radiator it would be hard to fit anything of a good size. I was recomended a 14" fan for the back of the rad (sucking), do twin 8" work as well? Perhaps this was part of my problem?
I found that the fuses and relays started to burn out as the motor was getting worn (but it only twigged after the motor faulted), due to the motor requiring more power to start it.
The radiator mounting ties (bit like a zip tie) are fine in theory but after seeing what they actual do to the radiator fins makes you think twice about using them. I like Disco-Rons idea, its nice and easy to make (cheap) and easy to remove and refit viscous fan if required.
Disco-Ron:
Ben, here's the pic i promised..... i haven't worried about the shroud covering the intercooler, i would hope that i won't be using high boost that much when travelling really slowly, and after-all, the viscous fan is triggered by water temp, not inlet charge temp....
Hopefully from that you can get the idea....
BtB:
Thanks Disco-Ron
What temperature sensor have you fitted and where have you fitted it?
I have a rev tec electronic unit fitted but i am not too sure abouts it (it works well but after my problems i kinda want to change it).
How thich is the aluminium you used for the shroud?
And how do you find the twin 8" fans? (What make are the fans?)
Disco-Ron:
Ben, i got the temp switch thingy from x-eng, whatever their standard switch is, is what i've got..... it fits nicely in the bottom hose, i actually used a sheet of galvanised steel i had laying around, not ally.....
and the fans where fopr sale on a rover forum, a guy had them fitted to a rover 200 turbo, they were nearly new, and i got them half price.....they're either tripac, or craig davies fans, i can't remember..... if you want to fit one large one, you may struggle with space, and even with the small ones, one of them is fairly near the old fan pulley.... therefore a bigger/thicker one might be an issue.....
Ron.
Muddy:
I have a renault megan fan on my 200, ot fits a 200 rad perfectly and only needs 1 hole drilling for the top hose. It shift probably 3 times or more as much air as the viscous and with the engine off if you put the fan on the whole car vibrates lol. Although is doesnt cool the intercooler i am planning to fit a full width one so hopefully this should then further cool my intercooler. The fan was also a baragin at £3 :D
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