Kenlowe Fan on Rover 2000 automatic.

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j_radcliffe

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I was wondering if anyone has experience fitting a Kenlowe fan to a 2000 automatic. The car is a 1969 2000 automatic, with an separate transmission cooler, which is fitted in front of the fan. So I need a fan which fits behind the radiator. I could with the extra hp not having that mechanical fan would result in.

The Rover 2000 automatic is in Australia, and it can get hot, like 44 degrees C, or 110 degrees F in February. The car stays in the green, but only just, and stop start in traffic is the biggest time for the engine to start to build up heat. It currently has a 6 blade fan, and heavy duty radiator core, and 30A generator. Does anyone have some ideas as the what would be the correct fan to fit to this, and how much current would this draw. Do these fans draw current when they are not running? Can you just hook them to the battery, so they will continue to cool after shut down of the motor, and help keep the fuel vapourisation in the carbs down on a hot day. Which would be the correct fan to use. Maybe use a turbo timer type set up, so the fan can run for 5 minutes after turning off the ignition, to cool things down.

My 66 Rover 2000 TC runs much cooler. I run a 180 degree thermostat in it, rather than 160 in the automatic, just to get it up on the gauge. It has no crankcase recirculation, and no transmission cooler, which seems to make a lot of difference.

James.
 
I'll be interested too. Mine in normal traffic is fine but after some 20 mins of sub 10 mph stop start in Reading the other day it did start to climb. Not in the red but enough for me to think that a Kenlowe type fan may be better, If it had been a hot summers day it may have got there. Thinking that it will give a faster warm up time, help to stop the fuel freezing I was getting in the winter and also give a much more stable and consistent temperature.

Is was thinking an 15inch suck fan? Also was thinking of a dash light so I could see when it was running.

Do you think not having the fixed fan may also make the water pump last longer?
 
Mine stopped working over the weekend and I had to find another one quick (MOT yesterday) so I got a 14" pull or push unit which just fixes to the front of the radiator (will fit to the back as well). I am not sure I fully like this idea but it seems to work ok. :)

You would need to measure your rad to start with to see what is the biggest one you can fit, including the depth of the fan. Bear in mind that fans with cowling on are measure to the end of the fan blades, so a 14" can be 16" across. Kenlowe types are measured across the whole width of the fan.

Mine uses about 5 amps (I think that what he said) and is activated by the original kenlowe thingy. It doesn't use any current when not in use. You can wire it to the battery and actuate by a kenlowe type probe so that it will continue to work after the ignition has gone off, and until the water cools enough. Problem is though the water in the rad (the bit being cooled) isn't the bit that it actuating the fan, so it could ge on a for a while.

Bette to run it in line with a timer as you say.
 
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