Followup-- 2000 JGC V-8 still overheating
#371
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Re: Re: Followup-- 2000 JGC V-8 still overheating
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:52:20 -0500, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>Unfortunately real life doesn't work like that. Even feathered out, the
>flex fan still pulls.
>
>I have heard of folks actually stopping before a water crossing and
>tying their fan off so it doesn't rotate to prevent this.
The proper flex fan with proper clearance would prevent this. I have
forded water up to 4 foot deep in years past many times with no
problems at all but them it was also with vehicles that had a lot of
clearance between fan and radiator. Also if you where concerned about
it, you could simpley remove or loose fan belt and then replace it or
retighten the belt afterwards. This would also save you from sucking
water into altenator YOu might have manual steering for a bit
depending on belt setup but it is not a big deal for a short period of
time.
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TheSnoMan.com
wrote:
>Unfortunately real life doesn't work like that. Even feathered out, the
>flex fan still pulls.
>
>I have heard of folks actually stopping before a water crossing and
>tying their fan off so it doesn't rotate to prevent this.
The proper flex fan with proper clearance would prevent this. I have
forded water up to 4 foot deep in years past many times with no
problems at all but them it was also with vehicles that had a lot of
clearance between fan and radiator. Also if you where concerned about
it, you could simpley remove or loose fan belt and then replace it or
retighten the belt afterwards. This would also save you from sucking
water into altenator YOu might have manual steering for a bit
depending on belt setup but it is not a big deal for a short period of
time.
-----------------
TheSnoMan.com
#372
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Re: Re: Followup-- 2000 JGC V-8 still overheating
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:52:20 -0500, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>Unfortunately real life doesn't work like that. Even feathered out, the
>flex fan still pulls.
>
>I have heard of folks actually stopping before a water crossing and
>tying their fan off so it doesn't rotate to prevent this.
The proper flex fan with proper clearance would prevent this. I have
forded water up to 4 foot deep in years past many times with no
problems at all but them it was also with vehicles that had a lot of
clearance between fan and radiator. Also if you where concerned about
it, you could simpley remove or loose fan belt and then replace it or
retighten the belt afterwards. This would also save you from sucking
water into altenator YOu might have manual steering for a bit
depending on belt setup but it is not a big deal for a short period of
time.
-----------------
TheSnoMan.com
wrote:
>Unfortunately real life doesn't work like that. Even feathered out, the
>flex fan still pulls.
>
>I have heard of folks actually stopping before a water crossing and
>tying their fan off so it doesn't rotate to prevent this.
The proper flex fan with proper clearance would prevent this. I have
forded water up to 4 foot deep in years past many times with no
problems at all but them it was also with vehicles that had a lot of
clearance between fan and radiator. Also if you where concerned about
it, you could simpley remove or loose fan belt and then replace it or
retighten the belt afterwards. This would also save you from sucking
water into altenator YOu might have manual steering for a bit
depending on belt setup but it is not a big deal for a short period of
time.
-----------------
TheSnoMan.com
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Re: Re: Followup-- 2000 JGC V-8 still overheating
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:52:20 -0500, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>Unfortunately real life doesn't work like that. Even feathered out, the
>flex fan still pulls.
>
>I have heard of folks actually stopping before a water crossing and
>tying their fan off so it doesn't rotate to prevent this.
The proper flex fan with proper clearance would prevent this. I have
forded water up to 4 foot deep in years past many times with no
problems at all but them it was also with vehicles that had a lot of
clearance between fan and radiator. Also if you where concerned about
it, you could simpley remove or loose fan belt and then replace it or
retighten the belt afterwards. This would also save you from sucking
water into altenator YOu might have manual steering for a bit
depending on belt setup but it is not a big deal for a short period of
time.
-----------------
TheSnoMan.com
wrote:
>Unfortunately real life doesn't work like that. Even feathered out, the
>flex fan still pulls.
>
>I have heard of folks actually stopping before a water crossing and
>tying their fan off so it doesn't rotate to prevent this.
The proper flex fan with proper clearance would prevent this. I have
forded water up to 4 foot deep in years past many times with no
problems at all but them it was also with vehicles that had a lot of
clearance between fan and radiator. Also if you where concerned about
it, you could simpley remove or loose fan belt and then replace it or
retighten the belt afterwards. This would also save you from sucking
water into altenator YOu might have manual steering for a bit
depending on belt setup but it is not a big deal for a short period of
time.
-----------------
TheSnoMan.com
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Re: Followup-- 2000 JGC V-8 still overheating
SnoMan wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:52:20 -0500, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately real life doesn't work like that. Even feathered out, the
>> flex fan still pulls.
>>
>> I have heard of folks actually stopping before a water crossing and
>> tying their fan off so it doesn't rotate to prevent this.
>
>
> The proper flex fan with proper clearance would prevent this. I have
> forded water up to 4 foot deep in years past many times with no
> problems at all but them it was also with vehicles that had a lot of
> clearance between fan and radiator. Also if you where concerned about
> it, you could simpley remove or loose fan belt and then replace it or
> retighten the belt afterwards. This would also save you from sucking
> water into altenator YOu might have manual steering for a bit
> depending on belt setup but it is not a big deal for a short period of
> time.
> -----------------
> TheSnoMan.com
You keep mentioning having room for proper clearance. That might be
easy to do on a J10 or other full sized rig, but most modern Jeeps do
not have any extra space to 'play' with clearances. Even my 86 CJ7 with
it's 'glass one piece front clip only has at most 3" between the fan
blade and the rad. Something like an XJ has barely enough to squeeze
your hand between the fan and rad and you are most likely to skin
knuckles if you even try that.
If we could only build the perfect rig eh....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:52:20 -0500, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately real life doesn't work like that. Even feathered out, the
>> flex fan still pulls.
>>
>> I have heard of folks actually stopping before a water crossing and
>> tying their fan off so it doesn't rotate to prevent this.
>
>
> The proper flex fan with proper clearance would prevent this. I have
> forded water up to 4 foot deep in years past many times with no
> problems at all but them it was also with vehicles that had a lot of
> clearance between fan and radiator. Also if you where concerned about
> it, you could simpley remove or loose fan belt and then replace it or
> retighten the belt afterwards. This would also save you from sucking
> water into altenator YOu might have manual steering for a bit
> depending on belt setup but it is not a big deal for a short period of
> time.
> -----------------
> TheSnoMan.com
You keep mentioning having room for proper clearance. That might be
easy to do on a J10 or other full sized rig, but most modern Jeeps do
not have any extra space to 'play' with clearances. Even my 86 CJ7 with
it's 'glass one piece front clip only has at most 3" between the fan
blade and the rad. Something like an XJ has barely enough to squeeze
your hand between the fan and rad and you are most likely to skin
knuckles if you even try that.
If we could only build the perfect rig eh....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
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Re: Followup-- 2000 JGC V-8 still overheating
SnoMan wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:52:20 -0500, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately real life doesn't work like that. Even feathered out, the
>> flex fan still pulls.
>>
>> I have heard of folks actually stopping before a water crossing and
>> tying their fan off so it doesn't rotate to prevent this.
>
>
> The proper flex fan with proper clearance would prevent this. I have
> forded water up to 4 foot deep in years past many times with no
> problems at all but them it was also with vehicles that had a lot of
> clearance between fan and radiator. Also if you where concerned about
> it, you could simpley remove or loose fan belt and then replace it or
> retighten the belt afterwards. This would also save you from sucking
> water into altenator YOu might have manual steering for a bit
> depending on belt setup but it is not a big deal for a short period of
> time.
> -----------------
> TheSnoMan.com
You keep mentioning having room for proper clearance. That might be
easy to do on a J10 or other full sized rig, but most modern Jeeps do
not have any extra space to 'play' with clearances. Even my 86 CJ7 with
it's 'glass one piece front clip only has at most 3" between the fan
blade and the rad. Something like an XJ has barely enough to squeeze
your hand between the fan and rad and you are most likely to skin
knuckles if you even try that.
If we could only build the perfect rig eh....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:52:20 -0500, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately real life doesn't work like that. Even feathered out, the
>> flex fan still pulls.
>>
>> I have heard of folks actually stopping before a water crossing and
>> tying their fan off so it doesn't rotate to prevent this.
>
>
> The proper flex fan with proper clearance would prevent this. I have
> forded water up to 4 foot deep in years past many times with no
> problems at all but them it was also with vehicles that had a lot of
> clearance between fan and radiator. Also if you where concerned about
> it, you could simpley remove or loose fan belt and then replace it or
> retighten the belt afterwards. This would also save you from sucking
> water into altenator YOu might have manual steering for a bit
> depending on belt setup but it is not a big deal for a short period of
> time.
> -----------------
> TheSnoMan.com
You keep mentioning having room for proper clearance. That might be
easy to do on a J10 or other full sized rig, but most modern Jeeps do
not have any extra space to 'play' with clearances. Even my 86 CJ7 with
it's 'glass one piece front clip only has at most 3" between the fan
blade and the rad. Something like an XJ has barely enough to squeeze
your hand between the fan and rad and you are most likely to skin
knuckles if you even try that.
If we could only build the perfect rig eh....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
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Re: Followup-- 2000 JGC V-8 still overheating
SnoMan wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:52:20 -0500, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately real life doesn't work like that. Even feathered out, the
>> flex fan still pulls.
>>
>> I have heard of folks actually stopping before a water crossing and
>> tying their fan off so it doesn't rotate to prevent this.
>
>
> The proper flex fan with proper clearance would prevent this. I have
> forded water up to 4 foot deep in years past many times with no
> problems at all but them it was also with vehicles that had a lot of
> clearance between fan and radiator. Also if you where concerned about
> it, you could simpley remove or loose fan belt and then replace it or
> retighten the belt afterwards. This would also save you from sucking
> water into altenator YOu might have manual steering for a bit
> depending on belt setup but it is not a big deal for a short period of
> time.
> -----------------
> TheSnoMan.com
You keep mentioning having room for proper clearance. That might be
easy to do on a J10 or other full sized rig, but most modern Jeeps do
not have any extra space to 'play' with clearances. Even my 86 CJ7 with
it's 'glass one piece front clip only has at most 3" between the fan
blade and the rad. Something like an XJ has barely enough to squeeze
your hand between the fan and rad and you are most likely to skin
knuckles if you even try that.
If we could only build the perfect rig eh....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:52:20 -0500, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately real life doesn't work like that. Even feathered out, the
>> flex fan still pulls.
>>
>> I have heard of folks actually stopping before a water crossing and
>> tying their fan off so it doesn't rotate to prevent this.
>
>
> The proper flex fan with proper clearance would prevent this. I have
> forded water up to 4 foot deep in years past many times with no
> problems at all but them it was also with vehicles that had a lot of
> clearance between fan and radiator. Also if you where concerned about
> it, you could simpley remove or loose fan belt and then replace it or
> retighten the belt afterwards. This would also save you from sucking
> water into altenator YOu might have manual steering for a bit
> depending on belt setup but it is not a big deal for a short period of
> time.
> -----------------
> TheSnoMan.com
You keep mentioning having room for proper clearance. That might be
easy to do on a J10 or other full sized rig, but most modern Jeeps do
not have any extra space to 'play' with clearances. Even my 86 CJ7 with
it's 'glass one piece front clip only has at most 3" between the fan
blade and the rad. Something like an XJ has barely enough to squeeze
your hand between the fan and rad and you are most likely to skin
knuckles if you even try that.
If we could only build the perfect rig eh....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
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Re: Followup-- 2000 JGC V-8 still overheating
SnoMan wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:52:20 -0500, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately real life doesn't work like that. Even feathered out, the
>> flex fan still pulls.
>>
>> I have heard of folks actually stopping before a water crossing and
>> tying their fan off so it doesn't rotate to prevent this.
>
>
> The proper flex fan with proper clearance would prevent this. I have
> forded water up to 4 foot deep in years past many times with no
> problems at all but them it was also with vehicles that had a lot of
> clearance between fan and radiator. Also if you where concerned about
> it, you could simpley remove or loose fan belt and then replace it or
> retighten the belt afterwards. This would also save you from sucking
> water into altenator YOu might have manual steering for a bit
> depending on belt setup but it is not a big deal for a short period of
> time.
> -----------------
> TheSnoMan.com
You keep mentioning having room for proper clearance. That might be
easy to do on a J10 or other full sized rig, but most modern Jeeps do
not have any extra space to 'play' with clearances. Even my 86 CJ7 with
it's 'glass one piece front clip only has at most 3" between the fan
blade and the rad. Something like an XJ has barely enough to squeeze
your hand between the fan and rad and you are most likely to skin
knuckles if you even try that.
If we could only build the perfect rig eh....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:52:20 -0500, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately real life doesn't work like that. Even feathered out, the
>> flex fan still pulls.
>>
>> I have heard of folks actually stopping before a water crossing and
>> tying their fan off so it doesn't rotate to prevent this.
>
>
> The proper flex fan with proper clearance would prevent this. I have
> forded water up to 4 foot deep in years past many times with no
> problems at all but them it was also with vehicles that had a lot of
> clearance between fan and radiator. Also if you where concerned about
> it, you could simpley remove or loose fan belt and then replace it or
> retighten the belt afterwards. This would also save you from sucking
> water into altenator YOu might have manual steering for a bit
> depending on belt setup but it is not a big deal for a short period of
> time.
> -----------------
> TheSnoMan.com
You keep mentioning having room for proper clearance. That might be
easy to do on a J10 or other full sized rig, but most modern Jeeps do
not have any extra space to 'play' with clearances. Even my 86 CJ7 with
it's 'glass one piece front clip only has at most 3" between the fan
blade and the rad. Something like an XJ has barely enough to squeeze
your hand between the fan and rad and you are most likely to skin
knuckles if you even try that.
If we could only build the perfect rig eh....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
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Re: Re: Followup-- 2000 JGC V-8 still overheating
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:41:59 -0500, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>You keep mentioning having room for proper clearance. That might be
>easy to do on a J10 or other full sized rig, but most modern Jeeps do
>not have any extra space to 'play' with clearances. Even my 86 CJ7 with
>it's 'glass one piece front clip only has at most 3" between the fan
>blade and the rad. Something like an XJ has barely enough to squeeze
>your hand between the fan and rad and you are most likely to skin
>knuckles if you even try that.
>
>If we could only build the perfect rig eh....
Even a CJ with a AMC V8 has more fan clearnace. When CJ was first
designed it was built around a 4 cyl and a V6 (a 225 that was a GM
engine that Jeep bought right too and then sold it back to GM in mid
70's) AMC kida shoehorned the straight 6 in there. Shame that they did
not stick with the GM V6 or build another one like it.
-----------------
TheSnoMan.com
wrote:
>You keep mentioning having room for proper clearance. That might be
>easy to do on a J10 or other full sized rig, but most modern Jeeps do
>not have any extra space to 'play' with clearances. Even my 86 CJ7 with
>it's 'glass one piece front clip only has at most 3" between the fan
>blade and the rad. Something like an XJ has barely enough to squeeze
>your hand between the fan and rad and you are most likely to skin
>knuckles if you even try that.
>
>If we could only build the perfect rig eh....
Even a CJ with a AMC V8 has more fan clearnace. When CJ was first
designed it was built around a 4 cyl and a V6 (a 225 that was a GM
engine that Jeep bought right too and then sold it back to GM in mid
70's) AMC kida shoehorned the straight 6 in there. Shame that they did
not stick with the GM V6 or build another one like it.
-----------------
TheSnoMan.com
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Re: Re: Followup-- 2000 JGC V-8 still overheating
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:41:59 -0500, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>You keep mentioning having room for proper clearance. That might be
>easy to do on a J10 or other full sized rig, but most modern Jeeps do
>not have any extra space to 'play' with clearances. Even my 86 CJ7 with
>it's 'glass one piece front clip only has at most 3" between the fan
>blade and the rad. Something like an XJ has barely enough to squeeze
>your hand between the fan and rad and you are most likely to skin
>knuckles if you even try that.
>
>If we could only build the perfect rig eh....
Even a CJ with a AMC V8 has more fan clearnace. When CJ was first
designed it was built around a 4 cyl and a V6 (a 225 that was a GM
engine that Jeep bought right too and then sold it back to GM in mid
70's) AMC kida shoehorned the straight 6 in there. Shame that they did
not stick with the GM V6 or build another one like it.
-----------------
TheSnoMan.com
wrote:
>You keep mentioning having room for proper clearance. That might be
>easy to do on a J10 or other full sized rig, but most modern Jeeps do
>not have any extra space to 'play' with clearances. Even my 86 CJ7 with
>it's 'glass one piece front clip only has at most 3" between the fan
>blade and the rad. Something like an XJ has barely enough to squeeze
>your hand between the fan and rad and you are most likely to skin
>knuckles if you even try that.
>
>If we could only build the perfect rig eh....
Even a CJ with a AMC V8 has more fan clearnace. When CJ was first
designed it was built around a 4 cyl and a V6 (a 225 that was a GM
engine that Jeep bought right too and then sold it back to GM in mid
70's) AMC kida shoehorned the straight 6 in there. Shame that they did
not stick with the GM V6 or build another one like it.
-----------------
TheSnoMan.com
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Re: Re: Followup-- 2000 JGC V-8 still overheating
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:41:59 -0500, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>You keep mentioning having room for proper clearance. That might be
>easy to do on a J10 or other full sized rig, but most modern Jeeps do
>not have any extra space to 'play' with clearances. Even my 86 CJ7 with
>it's 'glass one piece front clip only has at most 3" between the fan
>blade and the rad. Something like an XJ has barely enough to squeeze
>your hand between the fan and rad and you are most likely to skin
>knuckles if you even try that.
>
>If we could only build the perfect rig eh....
Even a CJ with a AMC V8 has more fan clearnace. When CJ was first
designed it was built around a 4 cyl and a V6 (a 225 that was a GM
engine that Jeep bought right too and then sold it back to GM in mid
70's) AMC kida shoehorned the straight 6 in there. Shame that they did
not stick with the GM V6 or build another one like it.
-----------------
TheSnoMan.com
wrote:
>You keep mentioning having room for proper clearance. That might be
>easy to do on a J10 or other full sized rig, but most modern Jeeps do
>not have any extra space to 'play' with clearances. Even my 86 CJ7 with
>it's 'glass one piece front clip only has at most 3" between the fan
>blade and the rad. Something like an XJ has barely enough to squeeze
>your hand between the fan and rad and you are most likely to skin
>knuckles if you even try that.
>
>If we could only build the perfect rig eh....
Even a CJ with a AMC V8 has more fan clearnace. When CJ was first
designed it was built around a 4 cyl and a V6 (a 225 that was a GM
engine that Jeep bought right too and then sold it back to GM in mid
70's) AMC kida shoehorned the straight 6 in there. Shame that they did
not stick with the GM V6 or build another one like it.
-----------------
TheSnoMan.com