[alfa] Re: GTV-6 fans

[George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

They do go bad. I tried to resurrect mine, and found that the bearings 
were dry as a bone. I managed to get one running, but the other was a 
total loss (ran slow pulled LOTS of current). The fans are not 
available from Alfa Romeo any more but International Auto Parts 
apparently went to the OEM in Italy, and them build a new run. 
Unfortunately, this was too late to help me, and I'm just as glad. If 
your fans go, replace them with a SINGLE Milano fan, which can be 
sourced used from APE. You'll have to devise a mount  (we used angle 
Iron) and wire it up like a Milano for the AC, but the benefit is that 
my GTV-6 runs cooler than it did when NEW with the stock fans (so I'm 
told). The Milano fan moves a LOT more air and makes both the engine 
run cooler and the air conditioning more efficient.

George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'


On Jul 22, 2004, at 5:05 PM, alfa-digest wrote:

>
> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 19:08:13 -0600 (CST)
> From: "Mark Manley" <warpomatic@domain.elided>
> Subject: [alfa] GTV6 Fans
>
>       I just realized I haven't heard the radiator fans come
> on in a while. Here I'm driving around in 96 F weather,
> the temp gauge reads normal but it's hard to believe that's
> correct without any fans. The fluid levels are maintaining.
> Maybe my hearing is just going?
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