dav3h
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well with the arrival of the sunny hot weather, iam wondering what steps anyone could recomend me take to keep me corsa running cool? are there any options like bigger radiators? or anything like a twin fan housing? any help appreciated
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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extra electric fan may help
removing bonnet is good too
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J da Silva
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Registered: 10th Apr 03
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twin kenlo fans
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Andy
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Water wetter is quite good - helps reduce surface tension of coolant, allowing it to lose heat a little more rapidly - just add a bottle to your coolant tank
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drunkenfool
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Registered: 7th Feb 03
Location: Hereford Drives: Audi R8 V8
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any links to replacement fans? My exhaust manifold has pretty much melted through the fan cowl, so i may as well get an uprated fan too.
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the_legend_of_yrag
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my fan is not working atm, so thought i may aswell look into any uprated ones? Also if i ever droped a 2l in what fan would i need? As i could fit one of them now as i need one and then it's there already for when i can do the conversion
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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decent coolant mixture.
I also put a paperclip in the lil temp switch in the radiator so the fan was constantly on, doesn't do good to the fan mind as its constantly runnin, but thte engine never went above third up on the temp gauge!
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drunkenfool
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i got a standard fan with the 2 litre at the moment, does the job i guess cos ive never seen over 100 degrees.
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dav3h
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what about different radiators? do any larger ones fit on with no hassle? and would the gains be worth the hassle?
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Adam-D
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not worth the hassle nearly all corsa radiators are the same size
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dav3h
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what about off other vaux's? veccys/cavs - do they all fit in a similar way?
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the_legend_of_yrag
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gunna drain my coolant out today, so how much shall i put in wirth the water now summers here? half and half? 3 quarter water quarter coolant?
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stuyw
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Registered: 15th May 02
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quote: Originally posted by PaulW
decent coolant mixture.
I also put a paperclip in the lil temp switch in the radiator so the fan was constantly on, doesn't do good to the fan mind as its constantly runnin, but thte engine never went above third up on the temp gauge!
i did that with mine, but fan aint working now any ideas??
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