On 27/02/2020 18:47, Andrew wrote:
On 27/02/2020 13:52, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article
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Â*Â*Â* Tim+ wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article
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Â*Â*Â* Tim+ wrote:
Cars haven€˜t had fan belts for years. Fans are all electric these
days.

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Excepting folk who own ancient rovers and don€˜t understand the idea that
€�for years€¢ = a very long time (but not an infinitely long time).

I may own an old car, but it isn't my only one. Can't quote my more
modern
one as an example as it has a mid engine and front rads, so rather
difficult to have an engine driven fan.

Name a modern car with a fan belt.

They are not normally called that these days, as they drive more than
just
a fan. Commonly a serpentine belt, as they can drive from both sides of
the belt, unlike the V design of most pure fan belts.


Apart from the BMC mini and variants, which had the rad
positioned to blow hot air into the neaside wheel arch,
did any FWD car have a belt driven fan in front of a forward
facing radiator ?.

I'd have thought it unlikely.

In an industrial setting with a horizontally mounted fan and "radiator",
I have seen a hydraulically driven fan. With a pump on the crankshaft
and a motor under the fan. That would have made more sense than a belt
for such a setup in a car.

SteveW