supra newb overheating

[robertsws]

when i first got my 87 supra non-turbo I had overheating problems too. Although at the same time my fan exploded and punctured my radiator. I thought that it was my fan clutch so i replaced the fan clutch, fan, and radiator and three weeks later the same thing happened. It turned out that all the trouble was due to me removing the plastic engine undercover. It caused the airflow into the engine compartment and through the radiator to be out of wack. IE. excess air flow from under the car into the engine bay and insufficient air flow through the radiator. That lack of air flow through the radiator is what caused my overheating problem. The excess air from under the car into the engine bay caused the fan blades to bend when driving and they hit on something (most likely the radiator) and broke off spinning about in the engine bay puncturing the radiator. Once i put the undercover back on i never had another problem with it overheating.

Although my 91 turbo doesn't have the undercover on it and i've got no problems with it. Nor does it have a fan shroud.