Has anyone done this?
A viscous fan was quite old fashioned even when the car was new? Also surprised the S54 has one too.
I have put a new fan clutch on mine just recently.
To some degree if it ain't broke, but I was just wondering...
However, the fan can be quite noisy and surely must add extra inertia to the engine as it's directly connected to the crankshaft.
I think there are supplementary electric fans? Its not uncommon to have one large electric fan and then afterun fans.
This then puts more load on the alternator and in term that takes some power to drive, but in general I was thinking a thermostatic electric fan might be more efficient?
Anyway, just got me thinking!
A viscous fan was quite old fashioned even when the car was new? Also surprised the S54 has one too.
I have put a new fan clutch on mine just recently.
To some degree if it ain't broke, but I was just wondering...
However, the fan can be quite noisy and surely must add extra inertia to the engine as it's directly connected to the crankshaft.
I think there are supplementary electric fans? Its not uncommon to have one large electric fan and then afterun fans.
This then puts more load on the alternator and in term that takes some power to drive, but in general I was thinking a thermostatic electric fan might be more efficient?
Anyway, just got me thinking!
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