When chatting to Kenlowes about a replacement/additional fan to help with my overheating problem while on holiday, the chap suggested checking the viscous fan before doing anything else.
He reckoned that, at tick over, the fan should be blowing a "light draft" over the engine and, when the revs were taken gently up to 3000rpm, this should increase to "gale force".
As I haven't got a spare pair of feet at the moment I thought I'd just check it on tick over.
When I lifted the bonnet the "light draft" seemed more like a gale!
If it increased any more from this when the revs were taken up, it would be more like the effect in a wind tunnel!
So, my question is - is the fan faulty or is this normal?
Ken
He reckoned that, at tick over, the fan should be blowing a "light draft" over the engine and, when the revs were taken gently up to 3000rpm, this should increase to "gale force".
As I haven't got a spare pair of feet at the moment I thought I'd just check it on tick over.
When I lifted the bonnet the "light draft" seemed more like a gale!
If it increased any more from this when the revs were taken up, it would be more like the effect in a wind tunnel!
So, my question is - is the fan faulty or is this normal?
Ken
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