Jack -
Len's suggestion is basically right. Start with a complete cleaning of your
cooling system first. The easiest thing is to have your radiator taken to a
local shop to be rodded and cleaned.
Also try a 20% antifreeze + 80% distilled water + water wetter mix. That
really works well, but coolant needs to be changed annually.
Also make sure you are using a 180 deg or 160 deg thermostat, not a 195.
Finally, jet hot coating the exhaust headers does wonders to keep
underbonnet temps much lower.
do these things first before going to a rad fan. It can make a huge
difference.
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 4:45 AM, Jack Feldman <qualitas.jack@gmail.com>wrote:
> I'm thinking of putting an electric cooling fan on my BT7 in the hopes of
> it running cooler.
>
> Moss's web site suggests a 10" fan which seems small to me.
>
> Has anyone added an electric fan to their Healey and did it help keep
> things
> cool?
>
> Jack
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