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Posted for "Peter Cowan" <cowcam@pipcom.com>:
The conventional auto system has the relief cap on the radiator. The
system
is in hydraulic lock when the radiator is full. When the engine heats the
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The problem is that the rotary has the water pump mounted high on the
block.
The rotary is easy to damage with a small amount of air trapped in the
coolant system. If large enough slug of air gets to the pump, it stops
pumping. Very bad news. The piston engine systems have the pumps well
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Thanks for the explanation, Lynn. Does the line from the propane bottle
swirl pot to the RX2-3 bottle have to have constant up slope? So would you
say that the RX2-3 bottle is like a header tank that some people use? I do
now see that this system provides a more automatic removal of trapped air
than what I have.
Peter
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