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Old 01-18-2018, 01:04 PM   #124 (permalink)
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100% grille block ... a little too much even in -8C / 17F



The Big A## Air Dam currently has no openings in front of the radiator, and I have also blocked off the mail slot between the hood & bumper:


(The hole is for access to the hood latch)

This was all fine and dandy when temps were truly frigid, but I noticed yesterday the cooling fan was coming on in -8C temps while cruising between 75-90 km/h (47-55 mph) at 50-65 MPG US.

It wasn't serious - the fan would run for maybe 5-10 seconds every 2-3 minutes.

FYI: fan trips on at 204 F, shuts of in the high 180's.

I'm going to have to come up with a variable block as spring approaches. We are right now in the statistically coldest time of the winter -- Jan 18-20 in this part of the world -- the dead of winter. it's all downhill from here!
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