 Heater delete / headers, What did you do about the fan shroud?? |
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| LowGT |
 Oct 8 2006, 08:07 PM
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1.8 and Proud!  Group: Members Posts: 583 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 4,904 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
So I have no heater plumbing or heat exchangers, but the fan shroud still has the two ports on the bottom to feed the J-tube/heat exchanger.
It seems like I would be losing a lot of head cooling air out of those holes in the fan shroud. Did you guys block those openings off, or just leave them open? |
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| So.Cal.914 |
Oct 8 2006, 08:14 PM
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"...And it has a front trunk too." Group: Members Posts: 6,588 Joined: 15-February 04 From: Low Desert, CA./ Hills of N.J. Member No.: 1,658 Region Association: None |
Yes I did, I assembled the shroud and filled the holes with latex calking.
One the calking can be removed if I want to reinstall the heater and latex calking is paintable. Backed the hole with a piece of foam to keep the calking from falling inside. Use a wet finger to get a smooth finish on the calking. |
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| DanT |
Oct 8 2006, 08:33 PM
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Going back to the Dark Side! Group: Members Posts: 4,300 Joined: 4-October 04 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 2,880 Region Association: None |
Blocked off with a cover plate (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Not good to leave open...your motor needs all the cooling air you can give it. |
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| Mueller |
Oct 9 2006, 01:24 AM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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I thought Jake or someone mentioned that simply plugging them up creates strange turbulance inside the fan housing which causes more harm than good....
possibly just have a restriction on the outlets and have it blow onto the bottom of the heads???? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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| Aaron Cox |
Oct 9 2006, 08:57 AM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(Mueller @ Oct 9 2006, 12:24 AM)  I thought Jake or someone mentioned that simply plugging them up creates strange turbulance inside the fan housing which causes more harm than good.... possibly just have a restriction on the outlets and have it blow onto the bottom of the heads???? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) i read that too..... and isnt there like a vanagon shroud that has em blocked off? or omitted completely? |
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| Borderline |
Oct 9 2006, 09:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 720 Joined: 8-February 05 From: San Juan Bautista, CA Member No.: 3,577 Region Association: Northern California |
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Yes, I remember Jake posting that it is better not to block them off. |
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| bd1308 |
Oct 9 2006, 09:19 AM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
What if you took the shroud apart and blocked them off from the inside?
that would eliminate the turbulence issue. someone here has done that, he rivited a panel over the cutout for the ducts. |
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