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[Lennyliverpool]

Anybody have one of these fitted?

I am curious about whether to put one in my 90bhp mini

 

On smaller trips ie work and back its brill (15min or so)

On longer trips in warm/hot weather/sitting in traffic (over 1hr or so) the temp gauge goes up to over 3/4 and nearly to the red and it empties out its coolant - had done this twice once at last years L2B and a recent trip to a show 

 

All pipes/rad/termo etc have been checked and cannot find a fault so was wondering if a electric fan would help

in very hot weather

 

Any thoughts?

 

Lenny

[minimk1]

i brought an electric fan off of ebay for £20 and at idle i can watch the needle go down, so it must do some good, friends turbo 1293 also has one fitted that seems to prevent it getting any hotter, rather than making it cooler, if that makes sense? so it will run at 90 say  cursing on the motorway with the fan on but won't get any cooler turn the fan off it goes up to 95, so they do make a difference 

Edited by minimk1, 07 July 2014 - 01:20 PM.

[Lennyliverpool]

Thanks - just what i need

As they say every little helps!

[Gr4h4m]

I find that the car only needs it at idle and it kicks in and out . High speed the two blade works well. Try and get it as close to the rad as possible it gain the max airflow. Oh and suck through the rad not blow

[hustybusty]

There's a variable resister you can alter to stop it kicking in and out at regular temperature on mine, on the relay mount. I've found mine essential for sitting in traffic and going up big hills.

Mine dumped it's coolant when hot too, I've just fitted the overflow to the bottom of a vented tank, so I'm hoping the vacuum when it cools down will pull it back through.

[maccers]

I have one fitted and just operate it on a manual switch. I have also a big ali radiator and regulalry have the internal heater on when its very very hot and stuck in slow traffic. Am looking at ways of further increasing the cooling capacity like fitting a moped/small motorbike rad somewhere in the air flow.