landowner said:
Should have immersed it in cold water and stayed there for hours, burned skin off back of my hand with blowtorch once, held it in water for over 5 hours then cold water soaked towel all night, took all the heat away and no pain, kept it covered and it healed in couple of weeks and no scar
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I had put it under a running tap, I hope enough to have stopped too much damage.. I guess I'll find out tomorrow morning at the hospital..
I wasn't going to go to the hospital at first.. my brother convinced me over the phone..
Hmmmm, it was a good idea to go...:eek:
 
I always find if you go to A&E and they tell you its a 5 hour wait, you think "aww, its not that bad" and go home and the pain has gone
 
Mark Piercy said:
I had put it under a running tap, I hope enough to have stopped too much damage.. I guess I'll find out tomorrow morning at the hospital..
I wasn't going to go to the hospital at first.. my brother convinced me over the phone..
Hmmmm, it was a good idea to go...:eek:
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Put a leather belt between your teeth, rub it down with some 80 grit paper and put some Savlon on it. Stop being a mardy arse. ;):D:D
 
wammers said:
I suggest you refit the shroud and a good viscous fan then. And check the filler cap it should have let the pressure in the system that caused that out long before the rad popped. It should blow off at 15 psi and totally release at 22 psi to avoid system damage. The rads do blow, but there is always a reason for it. Mine blew sat in traffic at lights waiting to join heavy slow traffic flow, after a lowish speed drive in traffic, viscous fan had failed. Sat stationary in traffic after a drive is when it is most needed.
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I have run 7 years with no viscous or cowl, no problems overheating nor has the RAD failed since I got rid of the viscous. Sat stationary in traffic after a run is just the time when the electric fans produce more airflow than the viscous.
 
Mark Piercy said:
I had put it under a running tap, I hope enough to have stopped too much damage.. I guess I'll find out tomorrow morning at the hospital..
I wasn't going to go to the hospital at first.. my brother convinced me over the phone..
Hmmmm, it was a good idea to go...:eek:
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Egg white is very good on burns.
 
Datatek said:
I have run 7 years with no viscous or cowl, no problems overheating nor has the RAD failed since I got rid of the viscous. Sat stationary in traffic after a run is just the time when the electric fans produce more airflow than the viscous.
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That is the only time the viscous should be properly engaged and it draws air through the entire surface of the rad because of the shroud. Nothing wrong with having the aircon fans assist in an overheat situation. Which if you have a MY 1999 and on vehicle they already do as standard. ;)
 
wammers said:
That is the only time the viscous should be properly engaged and it draws air through the entire surface of the rad because of the shroud. Nothing wrong with having the aircon fans assist in an overheat situation. Which if you have a MY 1999 and on vehicle they already do as standard. ;)
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The over heat sensor in the post 99 cars is set so high as to be useless.
The viscous is activated as you know by the temperature of the air from the RAD. It will engage in many situations like towing up hill on 40C. But at idle, it is hardly producing a huge air flow when it may be needed for heat over run, whereas the electric fans will operate at full power in that situation. may more powerful cars rely on just electric fans, there is no reason why that should not be the case on the P38. I have proved in many conditions that the aircon fans do the job very well.
 
Datatek said:
The over heat sensor in the post 99 cars is set so high as to be useless.
The viscous is activated as you know by the temperature of the air from the RAD. It will engage in many situations like towing up hill on 40C. But at idle, it is hardly producing a huge air flow when it may be needed for heat over run, whereas the electric fans will operate at full power in that situation. may more powerful cars rely on just electric fans, there is no reason why that should not be the case on the P38. I have proved in many conditions that the aircon fans do the job very well.
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All that is needed is to fit an overheat sensor of a lower range. Most of the time in normal driving the viscous fan is not engaged, only when the temp of the air coming from the radiator is high does it engage. In most normal driving the rad is cooled by ram air and the viscous fan is to all intents and purposes disengaged and does nothing.
 
wammers said:
All that is needed is to fit an overheat sensor of a lower range. Most of the time in normal driving the viscous fan is not engaged, only when the temp of the air coming from the radiator is high does it engage. In most normal driving the rad is cooled by ram air and the viscous fan is to all intents and purposes disengaged and does nothing.
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It always turns, however if it normally does nothing no harm in removing it.
 
Datatek said:
It always turns, however if it normally does nothing no harm in removing it.
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Not engaged does not mean it stops. Of course it turns, but it is not being driven as such, there is a difference. You can stop a Viscous fan with your hand that is not engaged, bit more difficult when it is engaged.
 
wammers said:
Not engaged does not mean it stops. Of course it turns, but it is not being driven as such, there is a difference. You can stop a Viscous fan with your hand that is not engaged, bit more difficult when it is engaged.
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Yeah, ask stumpy.
 
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