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Glad you caught it,Steve. Air in the cooling system can sneak up on you if
you are not watching the temperature carefully. I had more than one
opportunity( before I learned to burp the engine) to listen to the
snap,crackle and pop of an overheated engine as it cooled. Did you happen to
notice your oil temps? With cooling not doing its job the oil temp may have
been up as well carrying some of the heat load.
Ed
Ed Anderson
RV-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Brooks" <steve@tsisp.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 6:14 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] New Cooling Setup
I finished the installation of the new cooling system today In my Cozy
MKIV.
Attached are a couple of photos with the cowling removed. I did some taxi
testing, but things heated up pretty quickly, as I discovered that I had
an
air pocket in the cooling system somewhere. The engine got pretty warm,
but
the radiators were cold. After letting it cool off, and adding some more
water, it appears to be circulating now. I'll double check it tomorrow,
when I do some more ground testing.
I also want to do some high speed runs, before flying again.
Steve Brooks
Cozy MKIV
Turbo 13B
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