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<blockquote data-quote="Stuntman Autoworks" data-source="post: 674650" data-attributes="member: 2774"><p><strong>Re: rear radiator electric fan success stories?</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Have you pulled hoses or the tstat just to double check that nothing has gotten into the system and restricted it somewhere? If it all seems clean then your plumbing should be fine and being through the chassis should be plenty of flow. I have seen where depending on how everything is designed around the radiator ie shrouds, body panels, seats, etc... that the air just pulled through the radiator is trapped and goes around the edges of the radiator just to be sucked back through again and again and again so the fan moves air but it's already hot from being pulled through over and over and never actually cools any.</p><p></p><p>This may sound dumb but my fan is whatever brand Oreillys carries. It's the 14" and it's mounted directly to the fins. No shroud other than what the fan itself has. My reason for the oreillys fan is that it is available almost anywhere. So if mine craps out on me I can make a part run to the closest part store and get back to riding ASAP. 4 years and I've replaced it once last year. I let mine run constantly, no pcm controls or temp sensors to mess up just a simple toggle switch controlling a relay which are both from oreillys as well for ease of part replacement. I let it idle and warm up till about 180 degrees and then the fan stays on anytime I start the rig again for the rest of the day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stuntman Autoworks, post: 674650, member: 2774"] [b]Re: rear radiator electric fan success stories?[/b] Have you pulled hoses or the tstat just to double check that nothing has gotten into the system and restricted it somewhere? If it all seems clean then your plumbing should be fine and being through the chassis should be plenty of flow. I have seen where depending on how everything is designed around the radiator ie shrouds, body panels, seats, etc... that the air just pulled through the radiator is trapped and goes around the edges of the radiator just to be sucked back through again and again and again so the fan moves air but it's already hot from being pulled through over and over and never actually cools any. This may sound dumb but my fan is whatever brand Oreillys carries. It's the 14" and it's mounted directly to the fins. No shroud other than what the fan itself has. My reason for the oreillys fan is that it is available almost anywhere. So if mine craps out on me I can make a part run to the closest part store and get back to riding ASAP. 4 years and I've replaced it once last year. I let mine run constantly, no pcm controls or temp sensors to mess up just a simple toggle switch controlling a relay which are both from oreillys as well for ease of part replacement. I let it idle and warm up till about 180 degrees and then the fan stays on anytime I start the rig again for the rest of the day. [/QUOTE]
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