Engine Swap

[Gardner Yeaw]

Woody,
I would say what ever the 3208 did would be the right way. I think
you should blow it out the rear.

Gardner
83FC35 (still broken)

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Day"
<michaeldday@...> wrote:
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Don Bradner"
> wrote:
> >
> > No argument that rear radiators work, but they work by pushing the
> air out, not by pulling in. If I understood Woody's long aerodynamic
> post he appeared to be trying to find a way to justify keeping the
> original front-engine fan in place, and getting air pulled in from
the
> back.
> >
> Don is correct. My 1992 Newell has a rear radiator with a fan
pushing
> air through the radiator and out the rear. The fan is directly run
> off the engine so it moves air as long as the engine is running.
You
> really get a blast of air out the rear of the coach with the 8V92 on
> fast idle. Whether the majority of the air being pushed through the
> radiators by the fan is coming through the side engine vents or from
> the air flow under the coach, I don't know.
>
> I agree that the rear radiator does pick up more dirt and oil than a
> side-radiator. The side radiator on Don's Wanderlodge does allow
> better cooling. I have to back out of the throttle before he does
on
> long steep hills due to my engine temperature rising faster than his
> as monitored by VMSpc on both of our coaches.
>
> As always, thanks for allowing me to lurk and absorb knowledge on
the
> maintenance of Wanderlodges.
>
> Michael Day
> 1992 Newell (SOB)
> 8V92, Allison HT-740
>