I pulled up the wrong fan - here is the one I used on the Jag.

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/accessories/Flex-A-Lite-16-in-dia-thru-core
-mount-single-pusher-puller-Syclone-S-Blade-high-performance-electric-fan/_/
N-25r6?itemIdentifier=218224_0_0_

Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Hargrave [mailto:thargrav@hiwaay.net]
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 11:14 PM
To: 'JRodgers'; 'vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM'
Subject: RE: Radiator fan on without key

I believe that modern after market electric fans work better than anything
out there that's 20 years old or older.

And for a while now I have installed a electric fan controlled by its own
thermostat in any older car I've owned. I installed the last one in a 1970
Jaguar XJ with a built Chevy 350 and it never runs hot even though the
on-line "experts" say you have to upgrade the original Jaguar radiator to
keep up with the engine load.

I wonder if the same upgrade would work on a Vanagon?

Here is the fan & control relay I installed in the Jag:
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/accessories/Flex-A-Lite-16-in-dia-1980-CFM-
24-Volt-electric-fan/_/N-25r6?itemIdentifier=393351_0_0_

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/parts/Compressor-Works-Cooling-Fan-Control/
_/N-91she?itemIdentifier=326162_0_0_&newYmme=true

The thermostat feeds through the radiator core right next to the hot water
inlet.

Thanks, Tom Hargrave
www.stir-plate.com
www.towercooler.com
www.kegkits.com
www.grow-sun.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
JRodgers
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 10:30 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Radiator fan on without key

It is a good thing to let the engine idle a minute or so before shutdown.

John

On 10/1/2012 6:46 PM, David Beierl wrote:
> At 07:23 PM 10/1/2012, pickle vanagon wrote:
>> Other people have answered the question of what's wrong.  I just
>> wanted to point out that, although your situation is certainly not
>> normal, some short running with the key out does not indicate a
>> problem.  So, when you have
>
> The circuit is always live, so any time the radiator switch gets hot
> it will switch the fan on.  Shortly after shutdown is a usual time for
> this to happen.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>
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