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Originally Posted by Chris W.
FWIW I have been running with no viscous drive fan for about 10 days now on my '95. I needed to get the car back on the road after my old fan lost a blade which borked my radiator. So I ordered a new rad, new fan, and 3 new hoses. Only the rad came, so I put everything back together without the fan, while waiting on the other parts and I'm running that way until I can do it all again and put the new fan and hoses in.
I have not "acid tested" the car in stop and go traffic with really hot weather, but so far I basically have not seen any difference in temp other than in one situation. That is when coming off a sustained highway drive and then driving slowly in a town with some stop and go. Then the temp will rise perhaps 3-4 degrees C, and it slowly comes back down as the engine cools after working hard on the high speed drive.
Rgds,
Chris W.
'95 E300D, 441K
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Have you noticed any difference in how free the engine revs etc? My car will be more of a project car so won't be driven as a daily drive, will also be tempted to change the radiator out as well for something thicker meaning I might have to fit an electric fan anyway.