Patrick, at the risk of telling you another thing you might know ;-)
has the owner checked whether a correct type thermostat is fitted? I don't
really know whether the Sprite engine is intended to run on the sleeved type
thermostat, but if it is, the owner should consider checking this. It might be
THE difference....
Cheers
Eric
Heinsberg/Germany
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Von: owner-healeys@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net]Im Auftrag von Quinn, Patrick
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. Mai 2006 07:09
An: Quinn, Patrick; healeys@autox.team.net
Betreff: RE: Sprite Radiator Fan Direction
G'day
It's a good thing that I am a reasonably easy going sort of bloke, for
if I wasn't as I would be calling a lot of people out there a pack of
drongos.
Yes I know that it wasn't in words of one syllables but I think I made
it quite clear that the question was for a 1967 Sprite. I also made it
clear that the question was received from a Sprite owner and did not
come from me. Most may know that I have never owned a Sprite and
therefore I have no idea what the radiator fan setup is on the bloody
things. For all I know the air may be pushed through the radiator by the
gyrations of an over excited geisha.
It was a simple question that deserved a simple answer. That's it. It
had nothing to do with how copies of Healey Marque arrive damaged in the
post. Nothing to do with Texas Coolers, M**S Motors and certainly
nothing to do with the 2367 100Ms that still exist from the original 600
plus built.
Although I am well aware of the primary causes of running hot I will say
thankyou to those who reminded me about those causes. However, I thought
perhaps that they may be something peculiar to Sprite that I was not
aware of.
The English language is full of wonderful ways of passing on one's
feelings without resorting to words that leave negativities.
By the way the fan in the BMC Mini is designed to blow air through the
radiator and if it's reversed it draws air through causing overheating.
It's probably peculiar to the Mini and derivatives.
Hoo Roo
Patrick Quinn
Sydney, Australia
1947 Healey Duncan Saloon
1954 Austin-Healey 100 BN3/1
(No Sprite)
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