Actually, the vanagon(content) coolant is cooled by air. The engine is
cooled by the air-cooled coolant. :)

Ken M.
87GL (cooled by air-cooled coolant)
Toronto, ON

-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Howe [mailto:khowe@OMNINET.NET.AU]
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 11:57 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines

On Wednesday, March 27, 2002, at 12:02 AM, Chris Mills wrote:

> Still moving that air around  by driving a fan and that uses horsepower
> just like the waterpump - right?
>

No. All cars are cooled by air. In a water cooled it's the air moving
through the radiator. The water pump just moves the heat from one place
to another. The radiator also has a fan that uses horsepower, or
presents aerodynamic drag as moving air flows through it. The aircooled
doesn't move the heat from one place to another so doesn't use the
energy of the water pump.

Kim howe
82 Aircooled