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ericvv



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Switzerland 2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black
A few weeks ago Saturday afternoon returned from the Swiss Defender farewell event, Safenwil to Geneva, about 240 km mostly at 120 kmh highway speeds in about 37/38 C. The temp gauge stayed firmly in the middle, yes the fan was spinning fast when idling during a quick stop at a gas station for buying a few more bottles of water, but gauge never moved up. I always heard that Defender Puma cooling system was designed with ample excess cooling capacity. That drive I mentioned seems to prove so.
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Post #438796 18th Jul 2015 8:27pm
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bittersweet



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2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Santorini Black
The standard Land Rover temperature gauge is about as much use as a chocolate fire guard for measuring coolant temperature.

Coolant will boil between about 100-120 C dependent on actual concentration and pressure within the cooling system.

When the temperature gauge hits the start of the red portion of the temperature gauge the coolant could already be boiling.

IF you have sufficient air flow through the radiator it will cool it. High speed means high air flow through the radiator which means good cooling.

Low speed means low forced air flow through the radiator. Low speed means you are forced to rely on fan dragging air through the radiator.

Low outside temperature, low box, long uphill climb has equalled boiled coolant before now. Anything to help cooling = Thumbs Up

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Post #438805 18th Jul 2015 9:47pm
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nakatanenga



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There are a couple of Pumas out there suffering from overheating....

Maybee not that many in the UK, guess why Wink WANTED:

SII or SIII in max 1.5k
Post #439034 20th Jul 2015 7:18am
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ZeDefender



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Germany 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Baltic Blue
If we keep getting spells with temps like this:
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There may be more...
Good luck with the product :thumbsup:

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Post #439124 20th Jul 2015 5:01pm
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smb



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United Kingdom 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Santorini Black
Come on Peter, Hurry up and ship them to Brendan Very Happy
Post #439126 20th Jul 2015 5:14pm
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Eduardo



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Chile 2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Stornoway Grey
Mine is suffering of overheat for a long time during summers (since 2010).
I have already change the intercooler, a new viscous fan and lately the Thermostat for the gray version.

Probably the next measure, if the problems poup during the next summer, will be the Nakatenga piece, if not, a new alloy radiator that cost several $$$ Sad . Eduardo

MY 2007 110 SW PUMA 2.4: Big Fog of 64'
MY 1994 Jayco 1207 Folding camper: "El Tremendo"

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Post #439129 20th Jul 2015 5:32pm
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o4dn



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France 2009 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SW Alaska White
Hi

It looks fairly similar to this http://www.torqtune.co.za/index.php?route=...uct_id=587

How does this work? Does it move the whole fan and the viscous clutch farther from the engine inside the cowling? Or is it just the fan (ie where does the spacer go, between the engine and viscous clutch or between the viscous clutch and the fan)?

Any risk that the viscous clutch would run at lower temperatures and therefore engage later and would become less efficient than it'd be when located closer to the engine?
Post #439350 21st Jul 2015 1:53pm
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o4dn



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France 2009 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SW Alaska White
Received today Thumbs Up

I do have some thermal paste left (for computers CPU/GPU), would it be a good idea to apply some when fitting?
Post #439824 23rd Jul 2015 8:19am
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TTurbine



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Did you manage to install it? Any impressions?

Thank you
Post #443107 4th Aug 2015 3:32pm
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nakatanenga



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It moves the fan and the viscous coupling forward.

Thermal paste is useless in this case. WANTED:

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Post #443115 4th Aug 2015 3:45pm
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o4dn



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France 2009 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SW Alaska White
TTurbine wrote:
Did you manage to install it? Any impressions?


Yes, it's been fitted a week ago!

I used a bit of thermal paste, even if it's useless I can't see it causing any harm (a viscous clutch works with heat, anything that help conduct heat can only help, IMHO).

Hard to give any impression yet, to be honest. The temps are now cooler, ~30 degs (much better than a couple of weeks ago...) so I haven't seen much difference. I took the car for a run on a long stiff slope on a dual carriage way and the water temperature reached 94 degs, which is quite expected.

If anything, it seems it now cools down faster, but it could be just an impression.

I plan a trip to southern Spain soon, that should be a better test. We'll see how it goes, I'll report back, stay tuned!


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Post #443173 4th Aug 2015 7:43pm
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munch90



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Thermal paste wont do anything , as the part that heats up is in front of the fan , heated up by air from rad
Post #443180 4th Aug 2015 7:59pm
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o4dn



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France 2009 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SW Alaska White
Oh right, I stand corrected then, I thought it was the engine heat that would add up and eventually cause the viscous clutch to engage!

So it all makes sense now, it's even better getting it closer to the radiator! Thumbs Up
Post #443184 4th Aug 2015 8:04pm
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munch90



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Possibly 2 things could happen with fan more inside cowling

1 the fan will be more efficient at moving air as less air can be throw out of sides of fan , so more air is drawn though the rad as the fan warms up and starts to grip , so making it better when engine is hot

2 the fan being more inside the cowling will restrict the air flow as your moving ( air pushing though as your driving ) , because when your moving and engine temp ok the fan spins freely , so a possibility it might make engine heat up quicker as you work it going up hill etc
if fan is bit outside would air push though when driving better ?

dont know !!!! Only a idea , but maybe ?

be honest i would perfer a electric fan with its own temp switch , as you can always fit a lower temp switch , or a override switch like i had on my old tdi , automatic temp switch and a overide switch so if i was towing and coming up to hill i could just switch fan on before it got worked hard
Post #443198 4th Aug 2015 8:20pm
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o4dn



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France 2009 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SW Alaska White
I can't see #2 causing much trouble honestly. At worst, it won't make any difference.

According to some posts on the forums in SA, people have tried similar mods with apparently great results, so if it works for them, it will be good enough for me! Thumbs Up
Post #443204 4th Aug 2015 8:28pm
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