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Old 06-05-2011, 12:05 PM   #16 (permalink)
Dean in Milwaukee
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post
Remember that the fan may be switching on if airflow itself is insufficient. And the fan draws power from the battery and the battery gets power from the alternator, which gets it from your engine. If the fan runs all the time, your aero gains turn into alternator losses. Monitor the radiator fan.

I understand. Thing is though, in five years of ownership I've never heard the fan kick on, and now finding out how oversized the cooling system is, I'm starting to understand why.

When I finally do hear it kick on, it'll probally startle me!

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