That fan just puts air through the radiator, cool radiator but hot engine.
> From: Robert Steven Fish <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT> > Reply-To: Robert Steven Fish <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT> > Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 01:53:04 +0100 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Questions from a Vanagon Newbie > > snipped------- > PAGE 25 (1985 manual, PAGE 28 1986 owner's manual) "DO NOT STOP ENGINE > IMMEDIATELY AFTER HARD OR EXTENDED DRIVING. KEEP ENGINE RUNNING AT INCREASED > IDLE FOR ABOUT TWO MINUTES TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE HEAT BUILD UP." > end snipped------ > > This is interesting... I had NEVER heard of that, but it makes complete > sense. I thought you were going to tell us to NEVER TURN YOUR ENGINE OFF... > which also makes sense.. not so practical, but an interesting concept. > > My question is... When the car is off, and the front fan goes on, and often > stays on (in my '91 Golf it will stay on for 15 minutes sometimes) what is > this actually doing?? > > If there is no convection, then blowing on the radiator is not really > cooling the temperature in the system after the engine is shut off... or am > I missing something? (the Golf could be cooling off the engine directly, I > guess, as it is all together in the front of the car... but the Vanagon??) > > <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ > > Robert S. Fish > Salzburg, Austria > 1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender > 1987 Golf Cabriolet > 1991 Golf > |
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