'94 EV GLS 2.4l diesel
When I was following fairly closely to a large truck on the highway, the
temperature gauge rose considerably.
"Michael G. McCarthy" wrote:
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Consider the fact that the fans will not push air thru
the radiator at any thing near a speed of 70 mph?
Don, I don't think that's the relevant point. If the radiator was sitting
out in the open what you say would be true. But instead of being located in
a place that receive a lot of convections flow, the radiators are behind a
partially covered grill, and the the fans and their hardware are bolted to
the back of the radiator, and just a few inches away there's the engine, and
then the entire underhood space is partially sealed by the belly pan.
Putting all these pieces together, I'd say that very little air naturally
flows through the radiator even at freeway speeds; you need the fans.
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From: "Donald " <gibbonsnc@...>
To: ev_update@...
Subject: [ev_update] Re: Belly pan
Date: Wed, Sep 19, 2001, 12:43 PM
--- In ev_update@y..., "IronWood Designs" <zawalick@p...> wrote:
I'm not sure where this information is from, but I can verify that
the
system is not designed to run without the fans. When our fan fuses
failed,
the van overheated while traveling at 70 mph on freeway traffic
(low engine
There is no reason at all for the fans to run while driving at speed.
Consider the fact that the fans will not push air thru the radiator
at any thing near a speed of 70 mph? And driving at 70 will push much
more air thru then the fans ever could.
