X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.67] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.5) with ESMTP id 1022394 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 26 Jun 2005 17:41:23 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.67; envelope-from=sladerj@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm60aec.bellsouth.net ([65.8.219.22]) by imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050626214039.MPXQ28027.imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm60aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2005 17:40:39 -0400 Received: from JSLADE ([65.8.219.22]) by ibm60aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050626214038.OPKJ7767.ibm60aec.bellsouth.net@JSLADE> for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2005 17:40:38 -0400 From: "John Slade" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: cooling system air cushion (was: Coolant Leak) Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 17:40:35 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Importance: Normal > So, with a properly located swirl pot, one fills to about > 1 - 2" below the cap, just as with an older (1950's) automobile > radiator. Right? Right. If you fill the swirl pot to the top (as I did) you don't get to see any anomalies in the cooling system behavior. Sounds like a "best practice" to me. John (checking the weather for an evening flight)