Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 14:18:17 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wb1-a.mail.utexas.edu ([128.83.126.134] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP-TLS id 3062829 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 04 Mar 2004 09:45:30 -0500 Received: (qmail 46422 invoked from network); 4 Mar 2004 14:45:28 -0000 Received: from dhcp-191-101.per.utexas.edu (HELO benefits3.mail.utexas.edu) (146.6.191.101) by wb1.mail.utexas.edu with RC4-SHA encrypted SMTP; 4 Mar 2004 14:45:28 -0000 X-Original-Message-Id: <5.1.1.5.2.20040304084419.021602d0@localhost> X-Sender: msteitle@mail.utexas.edu@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.1 X-Original-Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 08:45:23 -0600 X-Original-To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" From: Mark Steitle Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Ideal Cooling System Plumbing (was Re: [FlyRotary] Re: overflow connections In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed McMaster Carr has an assortment, with assorted price tags. Watch for max temp specs. Mark S. At 09:39 AM 3/4/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Ed Anderson wrote: > >>It is my opinion that a coolant pressure gauge is a better early indications >>of a leak rather than coolant temperature. By the time your coolant temps >>start to climb (even if the temp gauge is reporting the condition accuracy) >>you are already in sufficient trouble that probably only turning the engine >>off and becoming a glider is going to save the engine from damage. The >>pressure gauge may provide an earlier indication as the system fails to >>pressurize (after engine start) or pressure starts to fall from levels >>normally seen for that stage of flight. >> >Why wouldn't the pressure increase when water levels drop and steam develops? > >I still think the best leak detector would be a water level sensor. Petty >that the solid state one for fuel tanks is not designed to handle higher temps: >http://www.ppavionics.com/LFL.htm > >Here's a mechanical that Rusty found earlier: > >http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/productdetail.jsp?xi=xi&ItemId=1611587508 > > >Finn > > >>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html