[Healeys] Auxiliary electric fan

[i erbs]

Been following this thread.  When I lived in Los Angeles I had a pusher fan
as I commuted into downtown. I had a switch control. I removed it when I
moved to Oregon.  I recently installed a more powerful one for my Conclave
trip with thermostat and switch control.  It helped.  I just installed an
air shovel and it has improved airflow a lot. Car stayed cool on a 250
drive and stop and go freeway traffic.

Ira Erbs
1959 AH 100-6
1967 MGB
Milwaukie, OR

On Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 2:49 AM Kees Oudesluijs via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> A thermostat with a lower opening temperature does not prevent
> overheating. It may buy you some time before the engine overheats but if
> you are long enough in a traffic jam it will overheat eventually. A more
> powerful fixed fan may alleviate the problem a bit but the only real
> solution will be a properly installed electric fan.
>
> I have done this from the sixties on all my cars that had a fixed fan.
> However even in those days many of the more powerful cars were already
> equipped with thermostatically controlled radiator fans.
>
> An electric fan does not solve overheating because of other issues like a
> dirty or blocked radiator, silted up engine, faulty cowling etc.
>
>
> Kees Oudesluijs
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