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Just fitted a kenlowe Fan
My water pump bearing was screaming at me every time the car got hot, I tried letting off the belt tension a bit more but then the belts screamed at me instead at high rpm so rather than taking the obvious solution I removed the viscous fan and put a 2 speed 17" kenlowe in its place. Now I know I'll have to replace the water pump at some point but this means I can run the belts a bit looser to extend its life but other bonus's are:
1) I now have the space to hand crank the engine from above 2) Might get a bit more fuel economy 3) Might get a bit more bhp free'd up 4) Engine runs a bit quieter Not the first here to do this conversion but worth considering if your pump isnt happy. |
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I've also started this conversion on my W123 300D - as you say it has benefits. And whilst there are many people who disagree I think it is a good choice to make.
I've also found (with our similar climates anyway) that driving without a fan works fine too - you then get even more access to the front of the engine!
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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His Grandson used to work with me about 10 years ago. Good guy.
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I've been running only electric fans on 2 of my cars for over 5 years. A '73 280 and a '72 250C. I'd like to run one on my '74 280C but due to radiator mounting changes in '74 I can't.
Be sure to upgrade the battery or the alternator will wear quickly. Mine aren't 2 speed fans and they pull about 15 peak amps. The 2 speeders will probably pull a lot less and you might not need to upgrade the battery. |
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Hope it works well for you, more important in my climate that the fan is water proof !!
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I couldn't agree more - however - being a bit to the east of you it tends to have "rained out" just ever so slightly by the time the Atlantic has done it's worst.
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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That's Ireland's main contribution to the European Union, and we are paid well for it ;-)
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