[Sussex] Worth a read

[Tony Austin]

>> Later, at the garage, I was told that a washer is not called a washer
>> when it's on a car... it's called a bush. I was also told that the round
>> component that the "bush" was holding in was called an "otter switch". I
>> had no idea whether this is the general term, or a trade name for the
>> specific part. I now learn, from Geoff's post on this forum, that other
>> marques call it an otter switch as well, so I assume that it's a
>> relatively generic term.
>
> I found this link quite useful in explaining what the otter switch does:
> http://www.scimitar-parts.co.uk/html/tech_help/fans.html
>
> Its one of those puns in motoring, the switch is named because it switches
> on when the water gets 'otter :P
>
> I'm guessing that this is a feature of the more expensive cars as an
> addition to the fan driven by the fan belt?
>

On my car it's called an "engine fan cooling relay", I expect that most
modern cars have them but I don't think the 'otter pun works in Japanese
or French or German.

> --
> John
>
>

Regards.

Tony Austin
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