[urq] Alternator Whine and Airflow Direction

[Ed Kellock]

My coffee levels are fine.  I think my beer level is low though.

On 11/7/06, Ingo Rautenberg <i.rautenberg at waratap.com> wrote:
> Oh Boy!  Too much coffee or not enough, Ed?  ;-)
>
> Since the alternator is facing the same direction (forward) and the engine
> is turning the same way (I think the AAN / 3B motors turn the same as the
> regular I-5 motors), location of the alternator will make no difference on
> rotation of the cooling blades.  However, I'm not sure if the 4kq blades
> serve to suck out the air like the urq one does.  Maybe the 4kq one pushes
> the air instead?
>
> Ingo
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed Kellock" <ekellock at gmail.com>
> To: <urq at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 2:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [urq] Alternator Whine and Airflow Direction
>
>
> > Interesting point in this...
> >
> > If the same fan is being used from the original application on the
> > passenger side of the engine, then that fan is now being rotated the
> > opposite direction from its original application.
> >
> > I can imagine that producing some noise and not working at all to draw
> > air the way it was intended.
> >
> > Is there a fan available that would be from a driver's side application?
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
> > On 11/7/06, mike schowengerdt <urdrquattro at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >   Direction of rotation is important for this operation and if the fan
> blades is turning in hte wrong direction it probably makes noise and doesn't
> do its job very well....
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