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Removing the radiator fan to save gas this winter... 200

posted by  AOG on  Tue Mar 1 10:43 CST 2011
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Hey guys,

I just swapped in a new engine & trans into my old 245. What a blast! I seriously had a lot of fun doing the whole thing - these cars are truly a joy to work on.

So now that everything is all settled and I'm back to driving my car, I had an idea: Remove the radiator fan to save on gas over the winter months. My "other car" has an electric fan that only kicks on in the summer, so that got me thinking that this was worth a try.

I only did this a few days ago, so I haven't had a chance to come up with any real data. Since then, I was in line at the local DQ drive-up window and had to idle for about 6-8 minutes total. The temp was about 45 deg outside and there was no oncoming wind. Normally, I'd shut it off when waiting this long, but I decided to see if it would get hot. I had the heater off too. As I was ready to pull out, I noticed that the temp climbed above its usual 1/2 way mark - it didn't quite get 2/3 of the way up, but it dropped down when I kicked on the heater fan and began rolling.

So, anyone out there that's tried this? What kind of improvement did you see?

Steve






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