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Yes, I agree, Mark, that combination seems to give
good results. I examine my radiator (GM cores) at each annual and replace
the coolant mixture as well - I have not detected any indication of scale or goo
in the 7 years I've been flying. I personally believe that using distilled
water rather than tap has a lot to do with that - but, that is just an opinion,
no scientific data to back it up.
I am of the opinion that an inline coolant filter
is likely to get blocked sooner and more quickly than the radiator (should you
have a contamination problem). The radiator core would likely experience a
slower degradation in its cooling capability - as Chuck Dunlap's experience
indicated. Now, whether a clogged filter could withstand the pressure head
of coolant moving at 20-30 gpm or whether there would always be some flow - hard
to say.
By the way, Mark. On my e mail browser your
emails line fail to wrap, they simply extend to the right in one LONG
sentence.
Ed A
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Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Filterr or not
to Filter: [FlyRotary] Re: FW: Cooling system update
Ed, I’m with Tracy (use high quality glycol & distilled water), except for some possible RTV that might break free and get stuck in one or more of the radiator tubes. Seems a good backflush would remedy that. Next time I have my cooling system apart I might take a peek inside the radiator and see if there is anything blocking the tubes. Corrective action would depend on what I find. It wouldn’t take very many blocked tubes to push some of us over the edge. Mark S.
Perhaps we could fashion a quickly
removable filter and patch it into various systems for a while just to check
what it picks up.
Like, I wouldn't have thought it possible to block up a
whole damned radiator ... Jim S.
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