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Subject:Re: Questions/Advice Needed 1980 VW Westphalia
From:Ben T
Date:Fri, 18 May 2012 09:23:03 -0700

Mike,

If you'll notice, aircooled vans do not have the extra (lower) grill that the watercooled vans have. That's in no small part because there is no radiator up front that would require an electric cooling fan. So... No, aircooled Vanagons do not have electric cooling fans -- unless you start talking about AC fans which are technically for cooling and are electrically powered. Same goes for dash mounted fans. :-)

BenT
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On May 18, 2012, at 7:23 AM, Mike Miller <mwmiller6@ATT.NET> wrote:

> I thought all vans had electric cooling fans which were unaffected by
> engine speed?
> 
> Mike
> 
> On May 18, 2012, at 3:11 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> 
>> Especially for the air cooled engines you should not really be doing
>> extended climbs at low RPM.