vitessetony
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Electric fans Yes or no?vitessetony
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I'm contemplating swapping the clutch fan on my Cressida for an electric fan as it has failed and runs all the time.
Looking at the options online I see electric fans range from £15 to many hundreds. A new clutch is £120.
My question is if anyone has done a swap/conversion would they recommend it or try to repair the original?
Has anybody used a cheaper fan? I guess you get what you pay for but I hate the emperors new clothes scenario so how much better are the very expensive ones?
Lastly from experience What are the drawbacks if any?
Thanks in advance.
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To be honest all my cars run electric fans via a dash switch very very rare ever switch them on unless you want 100% originality ( in which case wrong forum) go electric
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I did a swap to an electric fan on my mk2 escort. Came in under £100 if I remember correctly and it was brilliant.
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westycapri
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Electric fans Yes or no?westycapri
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I did one on my capri. Was about 15 pounds for the Ebay special fan which has been fitted for 2 years/10000+ miles with no problems. I then spent about 30 or 40 on wiring relays an inline temp sensor switch which I had to split the bottom hose to fit and also did a dash switch/indicator to tell me it's on.
Really easy to do and got rid of the dodgy viscous fan. Could do it cheaper if you don't want it to come on automatically
Cheers
Josh
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1984 Ford Capri 2.0s
1978 Ford Transit Autosleeper
1975 Landrover Series 111 Dormobile
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Hi, As samr380 says fan that pull are better than pushers, but check the clearance between the rad and the engine first to see if you can get one in. Straight bladed fans shift more air, curved ones are quieter. Use a relay especially if using a larger fan because they have more powerful motors (more amps) If your worried about the quality, try searching for one in a breakers yard. Likely to be better built and cheaper.
Colin
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Last Edit: May 9, 2016 17:49:03 GMT by colnerov
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vitessetony
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Electric fans Yes or no?vitessetony
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This looks ok as it comes with thermostat and adjustable temp control. Anyone used one before?
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When I converted my old 1600 3 speed FD Victor 'wagon into a 2300 4 speed a few years ago, I used the rad, fans and thermoswitch from a 2.0 16v Calibra and the expansion bottle from a Rover 200 to create a super reliable sealed system. It never showed any signs of overheating and the fan cut in and out as it should.
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Last Edit: May 9, 2016 19:44:52 GMT by MrT
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Twin fan set up from a late 90 s or early 2000s mondeo are really good. Move a lot of air. With a half decent controller thry will cool ad well or better than stock
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mk2cossie
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Electric fans Yes or no?mk2cossie
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The viscous fan on my old 2.8 cologne gave up. That got replaced with a fan from a Mercedes Sprinter and that was switched on by a temp switch in the rad. Never suffered any overheating problems with that setup, and was barely even up to 50quid to do  Now running a Pacet fan controlled by the Emerald and that thing could cool Britain I reckon  |
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Just bought a double fan unit from a banger racer for £10.00 including relays etc to run on my V8 when it goes back in.
Viscous is not ideal for our congested roads imo and if you do get stuck on the motorway in our two days of summer, as I did once in the Transit, electric is the way to go.
Hope that helps.
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I had viscous fan fail in France during a very hot period. Simply drilled through it and used a bolt to lock up solid. Worked fine for many thousands of miles. Worth remembering if an "emergency".
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May 10, 2016 13:43:26 GMT
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May 10, 2016 14:13:14 GMT
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You will be amazed how little you will need a fan in the UK if your rad is in good nick, i ran my W124 diesel without a fan for a year, if the temp began to rise I turned the heater up and that would control the temp! I now have a SPAL fan and it’s the best I have used todate. Only 9” but sucks like hell – 650CFM from memory.
Looks like i'm not the only one.
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May 10, 2016 19:40:06 GMT
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I vote yes. If retrofitting one, id go for a mk4 Astra fan. 2 speed settings, although I just ran a switch and a relay to the high speed one. Put one in my Carlton and thrashed it in 1st for hours going up the col de turini with the fan on and the temp never budged. Most others overheated. I've just bought another one to fit to my E34. Both have been £10 from the scrappy. I just some strange lack of trust for viscous fans.   |
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vitessetony
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Electric fans Yes or no?vitessetony
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May 10, 2016 20:01:34 GMT
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OK I'm convinced electric is the way to go, just need to pick one that will suit my needs the most. thanks peeps!
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May 10, 2016 20:42:32 GMT
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I would Visit the scrap yard and compare your radiator size , and fit one that fits the bill
Job done on the cheap
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May 10, 2016 22:52:10 GMT
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I've got one on my mk2 20v, it's not mounted great and isn't too big, sort of does the job though and is wired using standard fan controller. I'd prefer it if it had a fan shroud which is something I need to look into either having made or making.
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May 10, 2016 23:17:30 GMT
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Yes, I'm a fan of electric.
Much better than candles.
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