RonnieRover
New Member
You know when you start a job thinking its an easy one and will only involve skinning one knuckle ? Well.......When I got my P6V8, it had an old Kenlowe fan installed on a bracket in front of the rad. It wasn't in the best of condition and appeared to be drawing a silly amount of current so I decided to ditch it. It was only when I finally managed to unfreeze the bolts holding the bracket on that that was going to be the easy part. I ended up draining and removing the radiator and have now decided that I might as well do a couple of other jobs while I'm at it.....so.....here's what I'm thinking :
- Either recondition or upgrade the radiator......any suggestions welcomed here. Aluminium ? 3 core ? Best supplier ?
- New Kenlowe electric fan - single 12" slimline blower to go on the grill side of the radiator....again, any suggestions welcomed here.
- Thermostatic control for fan - I was thinking about the inline version that goes in to the middle of the top hose
- Remove the engine fan
- Re-fill with Evans waterless coolant.....or suggestions on best coolant ?
Any views on the above would be appreciated.....
One other question - I drained the rad with the heater valve open and ran the engine for 30 seconds or so. I see in the Haynes manual that there are drain taps on either side of the block but cannot see them and don't know how to reach them .....any help here ? Does it need to be drained from the block ?
- Either recondition or upgrade the radiator......any suggestions welcomed here. Aluminium ? 3 core ? Best supplier ?
- New Kenlowe electric fan - single 12" slimline blower to go on the grill side of the radiator....again, any suggestions welcomed here.
- Thermostatic control for fan - I was thinking about the inline version that goes in to the middle of the top hose
- Remove the engine fan
- Re-fill with Evans waterless coolant.....or suggestions on best coolant ?
Any views on the above would be appreciated.....
One other question - I drained the rad with the heater valve open and ran the engine for 30 seconds or so. I see in the Haynes manual that there are drain taps on either side of the block but cannot see them and don't know how to reach them .....any help here ? Does it need to be drained from the block ?