MaxyMan
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
So was off-roading yesterday for about 2 or 3 hrs quite a slow pace and lots of revving. Looked down and realised my temp gauge was right up near the top of gauge. Managed to switch it off before I boiled it.
I'm in a massive strop at this point as I've just spent alot of moneys on a new cyclinder head and didn't want it warping!
Anyway, realised my viscous is not doing anything and just spins round slowly wanting to be a cabbage.
I'm reading that putting a big elecy fan on instead is still not as great as the viscous at drawing heat away??? I understand viscous is more reliable etc etc!
Question, is there anyway to fix the fan on viscous in place perminetly so it spins at a high speed same as the engine? Genuine land rover new viscous units are very pricey and trying to avoid it if I can.
My engine seemed fine after it had cooled down and I got driving again. Just shows the 200's do get hot if just plodding about revving with no fans!
So was off-roading yesterday for about 2 or 3 hrs quite a slow pace and lots of revving. Looked down and realised my temp gauge was right up near the top of gauge. Managed to switch it off before I boiled it.
I'm in a massive strop at this point as I've just spent alot of moneys on a new cyclinder head and didn't want it warping!
Anyway, realised my viscous is not doing anything and just spins round slowly wanting to be a cabbage.
I'm reading that putting a big elecy fan on instead is still not as great as the viscous at drawing heat away??? I understand viscous is more reliable etc etc!
Question, is there anyway to fix the fan on viscous in place perminetly so it spins at a high speed same as the engine? Genuine land rover new viscous units are very pricey and trying to avoid it if I can.
My engine seemed fine after it had cooled down and I got driving again. Just shows the 200's do get hot if just plodding about revving with no fans!