[Healeys] Overheating Healey

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Sun Jul 25 11:56:53 MDT 2010


All this fan talk has made me curious: how much does an oil cooler help 
to reduce engine temps?

bs



Frederich Ficke wrote:
> I have a bj8 as well that has heating issues as well but mine is in traffic.
> I run the texas cooler and it helps a great deal on the highway however not
> worth much in town.
> Some things I found were electric fans only really work well when you
> install it behind the radiator a a pull fan with a sensor to turn it on and
> off. Also you have to remove the water pump fan or it works against the
> electric fan. But the good side is you gain power when you remove the water
> pump fan. I often wondered about mounting a fan under the engine sump to
> remove the heat from the engine compartment cause this is part of the
> problem. Next problem is don't trust your gauge they are almost always off
> showing the car to run hot.
> The fans withe s shaped blades tend to draw more air as well.
> Hopefully this may help some of you.
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