2 types of fan?

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whats what with these pinto fans, the one on the 2.0 engine i just bought is different to the one on my 1600, can i put the 1600 one onto the 2.0? purely for cosmetics cos its yellow and im doin some yellow on the motor.

i presume one is a viscous and other a fixed type, never had a lot to do with fans so dont know much about them.

[emu]

Can yu spin the fan independantly of its pulley? if s then its viscous. The general idea is that they dont spin so fast at high engine speeds so use less power (petrol!!!!)

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yes thats the one, not fussed bout the petrol so can i put my ordinary one on off my 1600? or is the viscous one purely for extra cooling on the 2.0?

[emu]

The fixed ones spin at the same rate as the water pump so end up spinning really fast when you dont really need it to (7k in 4th on the motorway).

 

From a power pint of veiw then I beleive that the viscous is the better choice(?)

 

but if you want it all to match then fit which ever one is yellow

[Tom]

my pinto had the fan off of an 1100 x-flow! never over heated

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i was sat on motorway today in blistering heat for half an hour an my un-viscous fanned 1600 didnt even break a sweat.

so can i put it on my 2.0 engine please?

its a nicer colour

[bortaf]

Yes you can fit it

the bugger viscous unit is a later addition, gave a sposed 4 BHP over a fixed fan.

A viscous fan can't fit a fixed fan water pump but a fixed will fit a viscouse pump

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A viscous fan can't fit a fixed fan water pump but a fixed will fit a viscouse pump

 

try sayin that whan ya p!ssed

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I managed to type it pissed but it took 10 mins