Paper In the cooling fan Options

[bandjoey]

After 30 minutes of highway driving speed the temperature goes to the bottom of the Redzone. Oil cooler completely clean and fresh oil plus the Engine tin cooling vent fully open I never let it go in the red. I pulled this out of the fan a piece of yellow notebook paper twisted so that it looks like it would cover about half the inside of the cooling fan.

Have you had something like this before and do you think that alone could cause the motor to run hot ?

[wonkipop]

yeah
but how the f%ck did that get in there.
no way is that going to get sucked in via the engine cooling or engine lid.
the lid grille mesh is too small to admit that piece of paper?

somehow that was already floating around in the engine bay?

but i can believe that would be sufficient to mess with the cooling.
so how did it get in there.
and as to fans of the plastic grille, well the paper is still going to get sucked on to the grille, so i am not sure that is the solution.
i think those grilles on bus engines were just there to stop vw technicians getting their neck ties getting caught up in the fan while tuning the twin carbs? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

[bkrantz]

yeah
but how the f%ck did that get in there.
no way is that going to get sucked in via the engine cooling or engine lid.
the lid grille mesh is too small to admit that piece of paper?

somehow that was already floating around in the engine bay?

but i can believe that would be sufficient to mess with the cooling.
so how did it get in there.
and as to fans of the plastic grille, well the paper is still going to get sucked on to the grille, so i am not sure that is the solution.
i think those grilles on bus engines were just there to stop vw technicians getting their neck ties getting caught up in the fan while tuning the twin carbs? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

That's what I was thinking. Most stuff found in the fan, or worse, downstream in the fins on the heads or cylinders, has to be self-inflicted. Unless the rubber seal around the engine tin is missing, or the lid was left open. (not including mouse nests)