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shemdogg
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JUL 06, 11:26 PM
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Ive heard talk of this mythical engine fan but I dont have one on my 86 2.8. Anybody got a picture handy? My car runs great but when it gets to 200 or higher its a bit shaky at idle, not bad but def noticeable. Runs shakier at 210 when the fan comes on. My cars pretty butchered so it may have been removed. Just wondering if my coil n alternators gettin cooked
shem
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theogre
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JUL 06, 11:36 PM
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In trunk right side only runs w/ AC or Rad Fan on.
Yes, Many remove them. Some have installed CS130 alt too so less need of fan.------------------
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
(Jurassic Park)
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fierofool
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JUL 06, 11:46 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by theogre:
In trunk right side only runs w/ AC or Rad Fan on. Hidden behind the carpet inside the rear fender.
Yes, Many remove them. Some have installed CS130 alt too so less need of fan.
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Fixed it for you.
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shemdogg
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JUL 08, 02:17 PM
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Ogre u da man! Its there! Its really there! The mythical fan has been found! Dont know if it works but its there! Somebody told me those tubes were for cooling air but said it was forced air from driving
thanks
shem
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Blitz54
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JUL 11, 06:27 PM
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That's something else I gotta check out on my car. I read those tubes were for cooling the alternator but I had no idea how it worked. Good info peeps
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shemdogg
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JUL 11, 09:15 PM
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Does it run all the time or just when the rad fan comes on?
shem
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fierofool
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JUL 11, 11:10 PM
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The alternator/coil fan runs if the engine gets warm enough to turn on the radiator fan. You can also make the fan run by turning on any of the AC functions. Of course, this makes the radiator fan run, too.
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shemdogg
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JUL 12, 01:34 AM
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rogergarrison
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JUL 12, 07:51 PM
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Even Pontiac deemed them worthless in the last model year. I took them out of all my Fieros.
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fierofool
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JUL 12, 09:48 PM
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Two reasons they weren't needed in the 88. 1. They moved the crossover pipe away from the distributor and encased it in a heat shield. 2. They changed to a CS style alternator which runs much cooler than the earlier alternators. They weren't useless on the earlier models.
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