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bilge rat:
bet iff you check the stat its an 88 in it . there fitted to the 300's but for some reason i had a hard time getting an 82 for the 200. in the end contacted qh. got the part no somewhere iff you need it . let me know. alan.....

fezzy192:
my disco 200tsi runs at just over a 1/4 but when i give it some stick on the motorway it creeps up to hal way
so i fitted a electric fan on a switch to be safe

Range Rover Blues:
Kenlowe? I spent an hour on the 'phone to them yesterday for some advice and I must say they were very helpful.

BUT

For towing anything above 1500Kg they do NOT recomend fitting electric fans in place of the Viscous unit, rather they recomend upgrading the air conn fans or fitting pushers to the outside if you have no airconn, though admittedly you are unlikely to have an overheating problem without air conn.

So if you are then it may be time for a new rad.  Julie's TDi rad had almost gone blad if you catch my drift but was still capable of doing it's job, even towing.  The new rad is having a 16" electric fan, more for economy though.

I did hear that Pacet made a fan with a better utput than the Kenlowe, IIRC it was 13" or more (a V8 needs 2) but for now I'm staying with the Viscoous and thinking about spending the cash on a re-cored Rad, perhaps with more surface area and/or a new viscous hub as the engineer at Kenlowe thinks it's slipping too much.

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