EC17PSE
Freelancer
- 5,883
- 3,478
- Nov 1, 2008
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London, UK,
Europe
So as the title is, i melted a fan but i dont understand why! Because i changed very little and have never melted a fan is 4 years ive had it all exposed,
I did quite afew changed but the main few are what im thinking might be part of the issue but not sure how!
The adjustments i did were as follows,
1, took the restrictor out the stock EBC solenoid,
2, Fitted an intercooler.
Thats it that i can think of exhaust/temp related! Now could that restrictor being out make the turbo run that much hotter and possible melt my fan and 1 fan plug,
I checked exhaust and i changed the DP gasket again incase i messed the other one up last weekend and 1 leak i can see is underneath the O2 housing and its small but not in the direction of the fan or plug. Nothing from manifold to turbo, So would the intercooler do this adding heat? Seems bizarre and doubt it is the IC myself but i dont know what to think of this,
I have had everything uncovered for 4 years ish and never had this until the 2 main things above were done and now i melted a fan,
So any advice or assistance would be great, i might whip up a heat shield for now as a safety and see if that helps with the melting.
I did quite afew changed but the main few are what im thinking might be part of the issue but not sure how!
The adjustments i did were as follows,
1, took the restrictor out the stock EBC solenoid,
2, Fitted an intercooler.
Thats it that i can think of exhaust/temp related! Now could that restrictor being out make the turbo run that much hotter and possible melt my fan and 1 fan plug,
I checked exhaust and i changed the DP gasket again incase i messed the other one up last weekend and 1 leak i can see is underneath the O2 housing and its small but not in the direction of the fan or plug. Nothing from manifold to turbo, So would the intercooler do this adding heat? Seems bizarre and doubt it is the IC myself but i dont know what to think of this,
I have had everything uncovered for 4 years ish and never had this until the 2 main things above were done and now i melted a fan,
So any advice or assistance would be great, i might whip up a heat shield for now as a safety and see if that helps with the melting.
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