Did Cooper S's come with a fan spacer standard or was the plastic fan just bolted up to the pulley. Engine has the large 2 piece S crank damper and when the fan is bolted up to the pulley, is very close to the crank damper If they did come with a spacer, how thick was it?

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Steve

yep, should have a spacer, about 1/4" thick - I put 2 of them on my dad's car

make sure you put the fan on the right way too - it's marked on it

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i assume this improves the cooling?
by moving the fan closer to the rad?

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Simon k not all plastic fans have the markings you are talking about     ( i have found, especially the new ones).....best way to tell is by the metal inserts in the fans mounting holes....1 side has a large surface area (like a washer and it also sticks out about 2-3mm from the plastic) which is where the mounting bolt heads and split washers should mount too, the other side has a smaller face on the insert and is flush with the plastic of the fan this side goes to the spacer/pulley.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDMkVq1jRGU

I'm running a bit hot lately (ok it is 34 degrees today) but I was wondering if this fan is set up correctly ...



... from the point of view of the engine the fan is spinning anti clockwise.

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-- Simon // VMCI Member 2674 --

That should be right. It should blow through the radiator.

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Erm correct me if I'm wrong but I thought Cooper S's came with the 16 blade metal fans and not the plastic ones?

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Thanks.

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-- Simon // VMCI Member 2674 --

Mk1 steel 16 bladed, Mk2 yellow plastic.

AFAIK

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