Cooling Fan???
 

Hi,

I have suzuki samurai 1.3 liter engine with viscous clutch cooling fan, it
is wear out and cannot spin fan fast enough to cool the engine. I'm thinking
to get out clutch system and make an adapter to connect pulley and fan
directly to each other. My fan is connected to the water pump pulley.
How will this modification work? Is it going to wear faster water pump
bearings, and would my engine lost some power, if do what is the best
solution to make it cooling better my engine???

You would be better off to get a electric fan setup and do away with
the belt driven fan, either do that or replace the fan clutch.



On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 16:48:24 +0100, "Zenteren"
> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have suzuki samurai 1.3 liter engine with viscous clutch cooling fan, it
>is wear out and cannot spin fan fast enough to cool the engine. I'm thinking
>to get out clutch system and make an adapter to connect pulley and fan
>directly to each other. My fan is connected to the water pump pulley.
>How will this modification work? Is it going to wear faster water pump
>bearings, and would my engine lost some power, if do what is the best
>solution to make it cooling better my engine???
>
>

----
Elbert Clarke

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You would be better off to get a electric fan setup and do away with
the belt driven fan, either do that or replace the fan clutch.



On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 16:48:24 +0100, "Zenteren"
> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have suzuki samurai 1.3 liter engine with viscous clutch cooling fan, it
>is wear out and cannot spin fan fast enough to cool the engine. I'm thinking
>to get out clutch system and make an adapter to connect pulley and fan
>directly to each other. My fan is connected to the water pump pulley.
>How will this modification work? Is it going to wear faster water pump
>bearings, and would my engine lost some power, if do what is the best
>solution to make it cooling better my engine???
>
>

----
Elbert Clarke

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Making the fan 'fixed' will eat some power, not a lot, but some for
sure.

On some of them you can just use longer bolts on the fan and that jams
up the clutch so it all moves together.

As someone else mentioned, you could go electric as well and get rid of
the mechanical fan.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Zenteren wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have suzuki samurai 1.3 liter engine with viscous clutch cooling fan, it
> is wear out and cannot spin fan fast enough to cool the engine. I'm thinking
> to get out clutch system and make an adapter to connect pulley and fan
> directly to each other. My fan is connected to the water pump pulley.
> How will this modification work? Is it going to wear faster water pump
> bearings, and would my engine lost some power, if do what is the best
> solution to make it cooling better my engine???

Making the fan 'fixed' will eat some power, not a lot, but some for
sure.

On some of them you can just use longer bolts on the fan and that jams
up the clutch so it all moves together.

As someone else mentioned, you could go electric as well and get rid of
the mechanical fan.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Zenteren wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have suzuki samurai 1.3 liter engine with viscous clutch cooling fan, it
> is wear out and cannot spin fan fast enough to cool the engine. I'm thinking
> to get out clutch system and make an adapter to connect pulley and fan
> directly to each other. My fan is connected to the water pump pulley.
> How will this modification work? Is it going to wear faster water pump
> bearings, and would my engine lost some power, if do what is the best
> solution to make it cooling better my engine???

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:40:34 -0500, Mike Romain >
wrote:

>As someone else mentioned, you could go electric as well and get rid of
>the mechanical fan.

And free up a touch more power. (Something that 1.3L really needs!)

Matt
99 V-10 Super Duty, Super Cab 4x4

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:40:34 -0500, Mike Romain >
wrote:

>As someone else mentioned, you could go electric as well and get rid of
>the mechanical fan.

And free up a touch more power. (Something that 1.3L really needs!)

Matt
99 V-10 Super Duty, Super Cab 4x4

I did this once on an '81 Jeep CJ7 4cyl. Power loss was substantial
at higher speed/RPMs and it sounded like a jet engine about 2000 RPMs.
You really need to have a fan clutch on the smaller engines. On my
78 Chevy it was not much of an issue. I ended up removing the fan
entirely and got an electric that mounted to the radiator. I believe
I got it from JC Whitney for about $60. Worked great. my .02

Derek

"Zenteren" > wrote in message >...
> Hi,
>
> I have suzuki samurai 1.3 liter engine with viscous clutch cooling fan, it
> is wear out and cannot spin fan fast enough to cool the engine. I'm thinking
> to get out clutch system and make an adapter to connect pulley and fan
> directly to each other. My fan is connected to the water pump pulley.
> How will this modification work? Is it going to wear faster water pump
> bearings, and would my engine lost some power, if do what is the best
> solution to make it cooling better my engine???

I did this once on an '81 Jeep CJ7 4cyl. Power loss was substantial
at higher speed/RPMs and it sounded like a jet engine about 2000 RPMs.
You really need to have a fan clutch on the smaller engines. On my
78 Chevy it was not much of an issue. I ended up removing the fan
entirely and got an electric that mounted to the radiator. I believe
I got it from JC Whitney for about $60. Worked great. my .02

Derek

"Zenteren" > wrote in message >...
> Hi,
>
> I have suzuki samurai 1.3 liter engine with viscous clutch cooling fan, it
> is wear out and cannot spin fan fast enough to cool the engine. I'm thinking
> to get out clutch system and make an adapter to connect pulley and fan
> directly to each other. My fan is connected to the water pump pulley.
> How will this modification work? Is it going to wear faster water pump
> bearings, and would my engine lost some power, if do what is the best
> solution to make it cooling better my engine???

What type of electric fan is best to use on suzuki with small or no
modifications at all on radiator or other mounts? I checked all suzuki
off-road shops for electric fan and I didn't find anything and anybody who
put electric fan on their rig. I don't know what are they doing to cool
their engines down.
Would it help if I pulls out Thermostat valve out? Or maybe put only larger
radiator? Please, help!


"Zenteren" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I have suzuki samurai 1.3 liter engine with viscous clutch cooling fan, it
> is wear out and cannot spin fan fast enough to cool the engine. I'm
thinking
> to get out clutch system and make an adapter to connect pulley and fan
> directly to each other. My fan is connected to the water pump pulley.
> How will this modification work? Is it going to wear faster water pump
> bearings, and would my engine lost some power, if do what is the best
> solution to make it cooling better my engine???
>
>
>