will my electric fan idea work?

Hello all,

I have a '96 B250 Conversion Van with a new 360. I tow a camper with it
and I found that on warmer days the temp gets mighty high. At highway
speeds when the clutch on the engine driven fan kicks in, I can feel it
sapping engine power which I actually think addeds to the engine heat
problem.

What I am thinking, if I take the engine driven fan off in favor of
electrics. It will not sap engine power and the electric fans can move
air more effiencently when needed especially at idel.

What do you think?
Fred

The reasons you gave are (part of) why automakers are leaving the
engine-driven fan idea and moving to electric fans. That, and
transverse-mount engines.

Frederick Wilson wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I have a '96 B250 Conversion Van with a new 360. I tow a camper with it
> and I found that on warmer days the temp gets mighty high. At highway
> speeds when the clutch on the engine driven fan kicks in, I can feel it
> sapping engine power which I actually think addeds to the engine heat
> problem.
>
> What I am thinking, if I take the engine driven fan off in favor of
> electrics. It will not sap engine power and the electric fans can move
> air more effiencently when needed especially at idel.
>
> What do you think?
> Fred

The engine still needs to generate the electrical energy to run the electric
fan. The benefit is that the electric fan only runs when it needs
to...unlike the engine-driven fan.

"Sharon K.Cooke" > wrote in message
...
> The reasons you gave are (part of) why automakers are leaving the
> engine-driven fan idea and moving to electric fans. That, and
> transverse-mount engines.
>
> Frederick Wilson wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I have a '96 B250 Conversion Van with a new 360. I tow a camper with it
>> and I found that on warmer days the temp gets mighty high. At highway
>> speeds when the clutch on the engine driven fan kicks in, I can feel it
>> sapping engine power which I actually think addeds to the engine heat
>> problem.
>>
>> What I am thinking, if I take the engine driven fan off in favor of
>> electrics. It will not sap engine power and the electric fans can move
>> air more effiencently when needed especially at idel.
>>
>> What do you think?
>> Fred

"I can feel it
sapping engine power which I actually think addeds to the engine heat
problem."

NO it doesn't.
Going down the highway the air from your speed cools the engine.
You need to have the radiator flushed.


"Frederick Wilson" > wrote in message
...
> Hello all,
>
> I have a '96 B250 Conversion Van with a new 360. I tow a camper with it
> and I found that on warmer days the temp gets mighty high. At highway
> speeds when the clutch on the engine driven fan kicks in, I can feel it
> sapping engine power which I actually think addeds to the engine heat
> problem.
>
> What I am thinking, if I take the engine driven fan off in favor of
> electrics. It will not sap engine power and the electric fans can move
> air more effiencently when needed especially at idel.
>
> What do you think?
> Fred

noname wrote:
> "I can feel it
> sapping engine power which I actually think addeds to the engine heat
> problem."
>
> NO it doesn't.
> Going down the highway the air from your speed cools the engine.
> You need to have the radiator flushed.
>
>
> "Frederick Wilson" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Hello all,
>>
>>I have a '96 B250 Conversion Van with a new 360. I tow a camper with it
>>and I found that on warmer days the temp gets mighty high. At highway
>>speeds when the clutch on the engine driven fan kicks in, I can feel it
>>sapping engine power which I actually think addeds to the engine heat
>>problem.
>>
>>What I am thinking, if I take the engine driven fan off in favor of
>>electrics. It will not sap engine power and the electric fans can move
>>air more effiencently when needed especially at idel.
>>
>>What do you think?
>>Fred
>
>
>
The whole coolent system was flushed and a blockage repaired before I
discovered this problem