[TR] TR4 help, coling fan

Bill & AnnaBelle anabil007 at comcast.net
Wed Aug 6 15:39:12 MDT 2008


Ahhh ... your talking about the "cooling" fan ... ;-)
>Peter C wrote:
>
>>Hello luminous listerati, I had a gentleman at our counter 
>>yesterday ask me I'm unsure of. Does the cooling fan push or pull 
>>through the radiator?  The obvious (to me) answer is pull, but his 
>>pushes. Is that right? He's trying to solve hot fuel issues in his 
>>ZS carbs, but if the fan is wrong, I think we'd start there.
>>
>Ah. The stock, nearly flat, 4-blade fan NEITHER pushes nor pulls through
>the radiator. Some might say it sucks, but rather it gently wafts air
>around the engine compartment, and as an added benefit blows oil leaking
>from the front main seal back across the engine block to provide even
>rust proofing.
>
>Steven Newell
>Littleton, CO USA
>1 Triumph, 3 BMWs: when a BMW leaks, there's a problem.

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Bill Pugh
anabil007@ comcast.net
Wallace,  CA


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