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Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 09:02:11 -0700
From: Bob White <rlwhite@comcast.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Frozen coolant...
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Hi Dave,

I hope you find the damage is minor.  You might measure the specific
gravity to see how what the ratio you actually had.

Bob W.


On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 20:35:43 -0800
David Leonard <wdleonard@gmail.com> wrote:

> I flew to Mammoth this weekend for some snow boarding.  Has a great time,
> and was 210 kts GS on the way up.
> 
> Parked the plane for two nights and came back out this afternoon for the
> flight home.  But there was a small puddle of coolant under the engine...
> and it was still dripping.
> 
> Then I remembered.  I recently sprung a leak in a cooling line - while away
> from home.  After fixing the leak I used tap water to refill what coolant
> had been lost - about a gallon.  I had forgotten all about that on this
> latest trip... to the mountains.  I figure the antifreeze level was now down
> to about 25/75 and the overnight temps in the low 20's did the job.
> 
> I had to concentrate on getting back home for work tomorrow so I couldn't do
> much.  I couldn't even take off the lower cowl.
> 
> 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...  :-(
> 
> --
> Dave Leonard
> Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
> http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/rotaryroster/index.html
> http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/vp4skydoc/index.html
> 


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