On a recent trip from Tumut to Cooma to Queanbeyan to Batemans Bay back to Sydney – what fantastic roads – my cooling fans were unexpectedly useful.
I normally don’t have the fans turned on for highway work; they don’t do a lot over about 60-70 km/h.
But I’m glad I had them for this run. On a few occasions I had to stop at road works. When that happens you have an engine that’s been working reasonably hard and well warmed up – and then the air flow stops instantly. My fans helped keep all that heat in check.
And it always seems just as you’re enjoying a twisty bit of road you find yourself stuck behind a semi trailer – down to 40km/h and no way around. Again, my fans helped make up for the lost cooling due to low air flow.