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Well, I do agree with you guys Paul & Jorrell. I won't be pushing it again like I did in the drive-thru line. I guess curiousity got the best of me right there and i wanted to see how long. It is certainly too easy to be inattentive and it doesn't take very long at all after the time that needle starts moving past its parked position - hot coolant just gets hotter, eh? Where I live, I never deal with traffic jams. I'm pretty much on the open highway most of the time, so I feel pretty safe for the time being. I'm going to continue the experiment for at least two tanks to see what it proves out.
Actually, I was thinking about it while driving today and the fan pretty much unloads at speed when air is already flowing through the grille. The amount of loss in that condition may be negligible, if not immeasurable. Because most of my driving is on the highway, I'm starting to think I won't notice a savings. We'll see how it plays out.
The fan clutch is designed to load and unload as you guys have noted, but it is known that electric fans are more fuel effecient. I guess this will be my experiment on "how much" more effecient.
I'll keep ya guys posted! Don't worry, I'll be careful not to cook my new engine. :)
Steve
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