Re: cooling fan

[Sean <qatboy@richmond.infi.net>]

At 11:01 PM 9/18/96 -0400, you wrote:
>At 10:07 PM 9/18/96 +-200, scirocco-l@privateI.com wrote:
>
>I thinks it's a bad idea.  You saves $25 or so, but I suspect your fan motor
>will burn out prematurely and the the savings will go up in smoke, so to
>speak.  My temp guage rarely goes above the midpoint.  The fan only comes on
>when needed.
>
>Chris
>
>
>>What's your opinion on this-
>>
>>My German mechanic wired my cooling fan 'hot' so it runs all the time by
>bypassing the idiotic cooling fan switch or thermal switch- whatever you
>wanna call it.  The water temp guage never goes up more than half way up
>unless I'm hauling ass on the 'bahn' on a hot day.  Today I drove to
>Frankfurt at a steady 180kph(114mph)and the guage barely went past the half
>way point then dropped a little below the halfway and stayed there.  And
>surprisingly it still warms up quick in the morning and it was kinda cold
>today, too.  But I guess what I want an opinion on is if this is a good idea
>or not.  So far nothing bad has come of it.  It seems the 1.8 runs so hot
>with that cooling fan switch.  Anyone agree?  The Scirocco I had in the
>states ran real hot!  
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>Christopher T. Picot
>Alexandria, VA
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  As well, the engine enjoys running extra warm- all the 
water-cooled ones do- 
   

                        its German

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