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i'm confused why did you go to the trouble of changing to a an electric fan/radiator if it was working perfectly well with the standard set up?
That is an interesting question, so I shall comment if I may.
When I ran my first Sprint through the nineties I did so with a standard set up and
encountered no problems whatsoever.
However, for my current (second) Sprint I am going for an electric fan
mainly because the viscous coupling could fail resulting in the fan destroying the radiator
but also because there is a small efficiency gain by not driving a the belt driven fan all the time.
On my 1850 I did fit a Saab radiator as an experiment, but other than being much cheaper
I concluded this offers no real advantage over the standard radiator.
At first I did run without a fan and it didn’t seem inclined to overheat and then when I fitted an electric fan
I don’t think it ever came on (it was really quiet even with the bonnet opened. Can’t remember the make
but it was marked made in Italy.) I did then fit a warning light to come on when it was running just to confirm..
Maybe not a big concern, but a belt driven fan makes a lot of noise
causing wild life to vacate the road readily.
You can get a (silent to us) whistle instead…….
Ian