[W126 Coupe] Cooling fan clutch

[Jonathan Hodgman]

yes, it will cause Quite a bit of drag!  Once the FC's fail I've been going
w/ electric fans..  You may even be able to get by w/ just the aux fan (Set
it up to come on about 80C, or put it on a manual switch) and see what that
does for you.

If you go electric, I've Very pleased w/ the quality of the Spal fans .

Jonathan


On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Iain Gunn <igunn at bmts.com> wrote:


> Yes to second statement

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>  Hi all,

>>

>> My cooling fan clutch is frozen on the car (permantly engaged).

>>

>> What effect will this have on the car?   I know if the clutch didn't

>> engage the motor would overheat.  But I wonder if this has an

>> effect about fuel economy.

>>

>> Best wishes

>>

>>

>> Andy

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