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Old 15-10-2015
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Originally Posted by Luminol View Post
Im from the Uk and drive the Diesel Vm. It can destroy the engine if it overheats so wanted to throw an aux fan in as a last ditch attempt to cool if it gets hot. it was going over a 100 degrees c whilst queuing recently. its not been a problem but dont ever want to be in a position where its getting warm and i cant do anything about it till i get home etc
A heavy duty fan clutch will probably fix it if its happening when queuing. You could also put a manual switch on the existing electric fan. Your hot days are not that hot compared with what we see here. where I am we get 45 C days in summer. we had 35 C today & its only mid spring.
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