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X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.202] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.6) with ESMTP id 918279 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:06:51 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.233.184.202; envelope-from=russell.duffy@gmail.com Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 37so3261338wra for ; Sun, 08 Jan 2006 21:06:05 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:from:to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:x-priority:x-msmail-priority:x-mailer:x-mimeole:importance:in-reply-to; b=EKA+G+HSrxei5lKWuvJ5DP3HHU2EFrMiUDrsmMuCayxW/CPK9+5JYrCrK6AnMtnFD4jcNRuHqmvTUq0Tpkt6zn+LZjs2iVtfYIQSp/XPgVZW0UsgXrmWSAehOzyXkXiHzcz7LxdAW+hAjFf+MxyDQya/+jybtATJZ6QLhm9Qrag= Received: by 10.54.135.17 with SMTP id i17mr7289734wrd; Sun, 08 Jan 2006 21:06:05 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from rd ( [65.6.194.9]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id d16sm2280246wra.2006.01.08.21.06.05; Sun, 08 Jan 2006 21:06:05 -0800 (PST) From: "Russell Duffy" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Frozen coolant... Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 23:06:06 -0600 Message-ID: <001401c614da$65a6e3e0$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0015_01C614A8.1B0C73E0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C614A8.1B0C73E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I suspect the radiator is cracked somewhere. Anyone have any experience with this sort of thing? Can this do damage to the engine block? The radiator is custom and will not be cheap to replace, and it will take a while, and the plane is an 8 hour drive away... :-( =20 =20 Sorry to hear about the trouble Dave. I haven't heard any stories of rotaries freezing, so I don't know what usually breaks, but I do know = they have some freeze plugs just like piston engines do. I'd have to bet = that it will blow one of those before it will break the block. Unfortunately, = some of those are pretty darn inaccessible. While you're looking for leaks, = take a close look at the oil for signs of coolant. Nothing good could come = from that, for sure. =20 =20 Maybe you'll get lucky (relatively speaking) and find a split hose or something easy (relatively speaking) to fix. Good luck with it.=20 =20 Rusty (and speaking of relatives...) =20 =20 =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C614A8.1B0C73E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

I suspect the radiator is cracked somewhere. Anyone have any=20 experience with this sort of thing? Can this do damage to the = engine=20 block? The radiator is custom and will not be cheap to replace, = and it=20 will take a while, and the plane is an 8 hour drive away... = :-(

Sorry to hear=20 about the trouble Dave. I haven't heard any stories of = rotaries=20 freezing, so I don't know what usually breaks, but I do know they have = some=20 freeze plugs just like piston engines do. I'd have to = bet that=20 it will blow one of those before it will break the block. = Unfortunately,=20 some of those are pretty darn=20 inaccessible. While you're looking for leaks, take a = close look at=20 the oil for signs of coolant. Nothing good could come from that, = for=20 sure.

Maybe you'll=20 get lucky (relatively speaking) and find a split hose or something easy=20 (relatively speaking) to fix. Good luck with it. =

Rusty (and=20 speaking of relatives...)

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