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I wish I had Cooley as my college professor. He explains things so well.

Wow, this should be source material for automotive schools. Just perfect! Thanks for dropping this knowledge, sir.

I have a '97 VW sedan with 500,000KM and still going strong. Starts as fast as a newer engine. And a lovely 4 speed manual transmission with a heavy AF clutch. In Mexico the last VW sedan was a 2004 model

Brian Cooley You are special Keep these videos coming I enjoy them

This was exacally what I was looking for. Thank you!

very interesting -- well explained -- thank you !

This is the first video I've seen from this channel. Subbed! I'm an auto tech student with an interest in air cooled engines and this was a great place to start.

An air cooled range extender (or Atkinson hybrid) is enough to dream about. _Relatively_ cheaper engine parts for a less demanding job on the road.

Thank you. That was a precision delivery.

Excellent video, thank you!

Excellent show !!you’re a very entertaining host. That was fascinating to learn the intricacies of both systems

Hey cooley! You explained everything about cars simply and straightforwardly! You’re a walking google in the automotive industry. Thank you!!

Cooley, you do a great job bro!

This is my first time watching Cooley and man, he’s better than my professor back in college. Perfect explanation on how water and air cooled engines work. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Perfect illustration. Well done.

I was watching The Cars That Built The World on the History channel and wanted to get a more detailed explanation on air cooled engines and your video explained it perfectly. Thank you sir

Cooley needs his own channel. The only reason I watch Roadshow.

Love your explanations of the cooling system! Retired Ford technician.

awesome video

I love this guy

My first car was a '64 VW Beetle. As bad as those heater boxes were for interior heat - directing ANY heat onto the windshield to defrost was a total nightmare!

I said it before I’ll say it again, Cooley is the man

COOLEY FOR PRESIDENT. SUCH A NICE GUY

Not only in cars. The air-cooled diesel engines from Deutz have legendary status. Wonderful sounding, fuel efficient engines. Almost unkillable.

Educational

Great video! Seems like there are some parallels between the disappearance of air cooled engines and rotary engines in passenger cars, hard to get high compression for emission reduction in rotary engines due to issues with tip sealing and limits on the amount of power/torque that can be generated without exotic workarounds, if I recall a video I saw on Engineering Explained a while ago

Cool Cooley

Will you ever review cars again? Love your opinion on cars!!!

I have not used the heater in my Audi A5 for a long time (almost a year). I turned the heater on and it made the engine not reaching the normal working temperature (90 deg C) and actually fluctuating up and down from 70-85 degrees for 26 minutes! This happened 2 times! After that, it got normal and now with and without the heater, the water temp is normal again. Do you think this was due to thermostat or water pump malfunctioning or the water in heater radiator being blocked or something because of not being used for a long time?

Air cooled Engine sound unique

Air Cooley is the coolest cat on RU-vid.

Great video! The only question I have is, is the air cooled engine going to be pressurized? Since a water cooled engine is a sealed system and pressure builds in that, but for an air cooled engine since it’s driven by a belt from the engine, is it just going to be ambient air pressure?

Now I understand how water cool works

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cooling makes more heat than the sun. He cools off by making these videos.

Unrelated but now I understand how water-cooled computers work. haha

Air cooling works on computers because it doesn't matter what temperature it's at, as long as it's below maximum. (No moving parts to expand and contract)

can i have the 5.4? Pretty sure i can make it fit in my 01 Passat A dude put an LS in a Quatro Audi.. I can make it work

I would love to find a nice Corvair

Harley Davidson and Indian both still make air/oil cooler motorcycles. A benefit to these old tech, push rod engines is the lack of parts. They are quite reliable these days thanks, in part, to the lack of parts.

why don't the fan on air-cooled engine come with automatic on/off control to regulate the temperature more accurately?

Hey Mr. Cooley, How can I purchase your elegant bumper sticker?

What coolant is better, the orange colored type or the green colored and does it make a difference?

Eyy that’s my question 😈

Miss the car reviews! Will you start doing vehicles again?

I really want to see the electric battery cooling method. Its probably simpler as one can imagine right?

Miss my '57 bug

I miss my old air cooled VW.

Electric cars do have a water cooling system for the battery and drive unit

Not only vw and porsche made air cooled engines, honda also made them in 1960's till the 80's

Where has this video been the last 13 years

I want to see the EV version of this

Always love to see Cooley, but he didn't quite answer one of the main questions posed: what are the advantages of air cooled engines. The main one is cost. They require less metal, are less complicated, and quite a bit lighter. It's why you still see them in lawn mowers. A small mower engine can be as cheap as a hundred bucks. There is almost no advantage to the buyer of a used car. Air cooled engines will not make as much power, as consistently, or last anywhere near as long as, a liquid cooled engine. They are also very noisy, comparatively. There is this one very minor advantage, and it's one of the main reasons they were used so much in small airplanes until the last decade: the cooling system cannot fail as long as the vehicle is moving.

I wonder how much power you'd free up on an old air cooled engine if you binned the mechanically driven fan and installed an electric instead.

I have a question. Do you think electric only cars will last twice as long as gas cars??? No exhaust, no rubbing oil parts, no carb, reduced brake wear. Tesla says 1,000,000 miles is a possibility. 🤔 Your thoughts? A good subject for a video?

My Porsche is best Porsche because air cooled!

Why would anyone downvote this video?? Or Brian Cooley??? SHAME SHAME SHAME

But still how impressive that Japanese racer makes their cars 700HP and can drive at top speed for 12 minutes with an air-cooled engine.

What about oil cool engines?

Citroen Axel ??? Or let's said Oltcit from Roumania...

the funny thing is you dont need that thermostat at all expecialy if you nur a engine with implosion and cold disel effects and a open egr valve you wuld lover your fuel consuption drasticaly and re use bether not burned gases those water coled cars are junk it destroy your engine ower time due to heat and part wear a air coled engine is a way to go not to waste money on parts by water cooled engines! plus if you use a lover viscosity oil lubrecant you will never over heat ore use oil aditive with gasoline so you have dobel protection for over heating and you increase your engines perfomace and life spand dont listen what new age mechanics talk they talk to earn more money from you Im a profesional car restorator and my hobby are oldtimer cars those old engines can by easely modified to any thing they simply refuse to fail

But you still see air cooled engines in airplanes.

So if you think about it every engine is air cooled lol 🤔

I can explain easier. Watch the movie terminator 2 Air cooled is t1 Liquid cooled is t2. Simple lol

please go back to reviewing cars, you're channel will grow much quicker with those. You're so explicit in your analysis (a little similar to Saabkyle04)

Open your own channel. People will watch you religiously.

A lot like a computer, air cooled is basic and water cooled is better for temps.