Re: Installing pusher fan?

Posted by patgreen On 2011/3/17 0:05:28

HINT. If your car is running hot in traffic turn on the heater and put the blower to HIGH. The heater is actually a radiator.

That makes me overheat--badly.

In somewhat random order....

I have a mechanic who does most work for me, He wouldn't claim he's perfect, but he has always been honest--and I think he is normally competent. He tells me the radiator is functioning properly.

As to overheating, normally the car runs cool according to the guage; it also runs smoothly, which seems to support the idea that the temp is ok. On two occasions last summer, the temp gauge got up to and slightly past 12 oclock; more importantly the car ran rough for several miles until it cooled down. Guage accuracy may be dubious; running rough isn't. One situation was in a parade which was tthree miles without touching the gas on a sweltering day. The other was stopped by road construction, during which we went possibly a mile in an hour with no place to turn off (between those lovely concrete barriers).

As far as I could tell, there was no boil-off.

Radiator is flat black and is definitely not over restored.

Where did you get the seven bladed fan?

Coming back to the pusher fan, how would you mount it? I can't see using any kind of mount that involves anchoring to the radiator tubes or fins. Questions like this are why I ask for as many specifics as possible: who the good brands are, which vendors can be trusted, which are pricey: all that stuff.