Thread: rangie operating temps

The little black box is Priced is $269, and can be fitted to almost any vehicle (Cars, Oldtimers, trucks, forklifts…). Can you send me your vehicle details so that I can check if we have installations instruction on it as we have for the devender and disco’s.

You can also use a viscous unit and fan off a falcon xf i think but you need to trim the blades ti fit in the cowling. I'm not 100% but i think i have this on my 85 rangie as the blades look like they have been trimmed previously- they are probably quite cheap new too.

Originally posted by loanrangie
You can also use a viscous unit and fan off a falcon xf i think but you need to trim the blades ti fit in the cowling. I'm not 100% but i think i have this on my 85 rangie as the blades look like they have been trimmed previously- they are probably quite cheap new too.

well ,have put the rad cleaner thru the rad, and gone half way with the thermo (one with the centre cut out ) and still it goes thru to the red zone!!!! :? :? :?
sounds like ford knew what was coming in the spares dept. i think i mite just be able to get hold of a viscous and fan from an xf,then to get hold of a full shroud.............
thanks for the info loanrangie :wink: 8)

oh,and entertainer,it is an 86 Range Rover,3.5 litre petrol,manual,although i will have to sort the original problem first before putting on any exy after market doodadds,thanks anyway 8)

Look , all the radiator cleaner in the world does not usually clean a Rover radiator as they have very small tubes.
The ONLY way to clean a Rover rad is to have it dismantled and rodded which costs about $100. But 9 times out of ten the rad will be stuffed and the dirt is the only thing holding it together.
Please do this next.
Regard sPhilip A

further to my last post, I changed my rad for a good used one, $60 & added a new RR dealer thermostat, $12.
It fixed it for $72

If your rad is bunged up no amount of fans is going to keep it cool.

I would think you need a full shrowd, but then i'm not a mechanic.

:roll: well its looking like the rad will have to come out and go to the rad shop and get a good clean out,it seems to be flowing thru it but,just for good measure and may as well spend more $$ on it,will still look at going back to the viscous setup as i dont think that a thermo fan only covering about 3/4 of the radiator is really gunna cut it,oh well ,its only money ops:

:roll: well,i must say a BIG thank you to all the posters to this thread,after racking my grey matter to find the problem with the overheating,i turned to the lads at the tech section,and they have all come thru with plenty of good advice ( as usual! 8) )most of which i had already done ,but did again for good measure,just to be sure.
yesterday i went over to the old mans shed to see if he still had all the old xf parts from his old falcon,much to my dismay ,we found everything other than a viscous setup , so went back to thumper to have yet another ponder session,fired her up and tried the old fine sand in front of the rad to see just how much air was getting sucked thru,shock horror ,NONE!!!!
ok,stopped motor checking rotation of fan as it slowed ,checked fan once stopped ,to find that the fan is actually running BACKWARDS 8O 8O 8O 8O
result,fan blowing hot air from motor back thru rad,actually heating it up,so changed the wiring (5 second job) fan now running the rite way and all temps are back to normal,so that is now another check to put in the checklist of overheating probs,knew it had to be a 50 cent item that was causing big $$$ problems :roll: :roll:

Hi Ferno
Ive come across that one before.Now what was it you said about putting things back the way they were????
Andrew