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Thinking Of Fitting a Kenlowe Fan - Advice Please

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Range Rover Blues:

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--- Quote from: "Telaren" ---Can I just remove the fan and leave the fan pully or do I have to replace the belt for a shorter one?
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no you need the fan belt as it runs your water pump
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On the early V8 EFi if you don't have air con you can run the belt loose without the fan and make your water pump last longer :wink:

Range Rover Blues:
If anyone's interested I have wired my twin fans up as 2 speed, so they come on slow (more iportant quietly) without the ignition and full speed with the ignition.  If I had 2 temp switches then I'd have it fully 2 speed as often it doesn't need full power, you hear the alternator belt protest sometimes when they come on :shock:

Cheggs:
I have the 16" Kenlowe puller on mine but, have found that the engine gets a bit to warm when towing a caravan in the Highlands, I'm looking for a pusher fan to go infront of the rad as well to give me more cooling, but perhaps making a cowl will work just aswell, after all it would use all the surface of the rad and not just the area directly infront of the fan.

Tyke:

--- Quote ---the engine gets a bit to warm when towing a caravan
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When I spoke to Kenlowe they told me they wouldn't recommend heavy towing if using one of their fans . . . . and I was only a pulling a Sankey. They said sticking with the standard viscous would be a better bet . . . at least they were straight and honest about it.

I think there's a mention about on their web site as well IIRC . . . thats what prompted me to talk to them.

Love 'em or hate 'em . . . . they're just another lump of elektrickery to burn out, short or get fried when immersed in ooze and water . . . . personally I think they can be unreliable . . . . and some are quite noisy as well.

Range Rover Blues:
I found the same when I spoek to them about the LSE, they sent me a checksheet to work through because their engineer reckoned I shouldn't be getting overheating when towing with the LSE, check timing (oops, it was retarded), check vicoous unit, clean radiator and flush it internally.

Will have to wait for the summer to see if it's completely fixed but IIRC it is fine except for if you hit traffic after a long hard slog, then it heats up and won't cool down.  Now if I need a new fan I'll go electric and save a few quid in fuel.

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