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Fan - Suck or Blow? SteveB 05-12-2008
Posted by SteveB on May 12, 2008, 2:56 am
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I noticed something about my SA 200 that I found a little odd. The fan
blows air through the radiator rather than pulling it through and blowing it
over the engine. That's counter to (I think) every engine I've seen. Maybe
I just didn't notice on some of the big pumps and stuff. I was going to use
the side table to do some welding, and thought the blow from the fan would
be a problem. Then I fired it up and found out it blows the air the other
direction.

When I rebuilt this, I didn't take the fan off, nor any of the pulleys. So
this is the way it came or someone else before me changed it. Everything
seems to run fine, just seems a little odd.

Steve

"...the man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere
critic-the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and imperfectly,
not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done."
Theodore Roosevelt 1891



Posted by Ignoramus4557 on May 12, 2008, 7:53 am
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Check your car Steve, I think that it is doing the same thing.

i

On 2008-05-12, SteveB <toquerville> wrote:
> I noticed something about my SA 200 that I found a little odd. The fan
> blows air through the radiator rather than pulling it through and blowing it
> over the engine. That's counter to (I think) every engine I've seen. Maybe
> I just didn't notice on some of the big pumps and stuff. I was going to use
> the side table to do some welding, and thought the blow from the fan would
> be a problem. Then I fired it up and found out it blows the air the other
> direction.
>
> When I rebuilt this, I didn't take the fan off, nor any of the pulleys. So
> this is the way it came or someone else before me changed it. Everything
> seems to run fine, just seems a little odd.
>
> Steve
>
> "...the man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere
> critic-the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and imperfectly,
> not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done."
> Theodore Roosevelt 1891
>
>

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Posted by SteveB on May 12, 2008, 1:02 pm
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> Check your car Steve, I think that it is doing the same thing.
>
> i

No, Ig. When I stand in front of my car, the air is being sucked in, not
blown out. There is no wind in front of my car. It goes INTO the engine
compartment through the radiator first. This exhausts through the radiator.
If a car pushed air in front of it, the forward travel of the car would
cause the cooling effect to be cancelled at some point. Think about it.

Steve



Posted by Ignoramus17662 on May 12, 2008, 11:07 am
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On 2008-05-12, SteveB <toquerville> wrote:
>
>> Check your car Steve, I think that it is doing the same thing.
>>
>> i
>
> No, Ig. When I stand in front of my car, the air is being sucked in, not
> blown out. There is no wind in front of my car. It goes INTO the engine
> compartment through the radiator first. This exhausts through the radiator.
> If a car pushed air in front of it, the forward travel of the car would
> cause the cooling effect to be cancelled at some point. Think about it.

Yes. You are right. I have a stomach bug and am not thinking well at
all. Sorry. I just used up my one "dumb answer of the month" coupon.

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Posted by Eregon on May 12, 2008, 3:27 pm
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dnbejlYSqwLXVnZ2dnUVZ_vninZ2d@giganews.com:

> Yes. You are right. I have a stomach bug and am not thinking well at
> all. Sorry. I just used up my one "dumb answer of the month" coupon.

Don't sweat it, Iggy - you can use mine.

I've got a large stockpile of them. <evil grin>

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