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Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 13:50:24 -0500
From: Charlie England <ceengland@bellsouth.net>
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Al,

As others have mentioned, the leak in question is probably between the=20
water jacket & combustion chamber. Ed was suspicious while he was here=20
in Jackson MS for our rotary seminar Memorial Day weekend because his=20
coolant system was still pressurized after engine cool-down (without=20
being pre-pressurized).

Charlie

Mark R Steitle wrote:

> Since Ed is having to remove and disassemble the engine, I would guess =

> it=92s the coolant o-rings. It will be interesting to hear how he=20
> discovered the leak. For the benefit of the newbies on the group, we=20
> typically monitor coolant pressure for signs of leaks. I=92ve also=20
> installed a coolant level sensor in my purge tank that should provide=20
> an advance warning of low coolant level.
>
> Mark S.
>
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>
> From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]=20
> On Behalf Of al p wick
> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 6:04 AM
> To: Rotary motors in aircraft
> Subject: [FlyRotary] coolant leak
>
> If you guys can humor me, what's the nature of that coolant leak? Is=20
> that the cover that tends to gradually degrade? Is there any chance to =

> sense that failure before it gets significant? Like, do you experience =

> fluid level change gradually? Pressure change? How bout Post shut down =

> change in pressure? Know what I mean? Time vs pressure after shutdown?
>
> Clueless al
>
> On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 22:31:39 -0400 "jesse farr" <jesse@jessfarr.com=20
> <mailto:jesse@jessfarr.com>> writes:
>
>         ----- Original Message ----- From: Tracy Crook
>         <mailto:lors01@msn.com>
>
>         HI everybody - this is Laura Crook. I am sure you've all heard
>         that Ed Anderson had another "event" - this time in LA while
>         visiting family. He actually has two issues - one is the his
>         brakes caught on fire -not rotary related Smiley emoticon and
>         the other is that he has an internal coolant leak. So.... he
>         has to remove and overhaul the engine again.
>
>         Since he is not near home he has no access to his
>         documentation. He wrote to me and asked me to post a notice to
>         the list regarding the overhaul notes that he developed and
>         posted to his newsgroup a few months ago. He thinks that a few
>         people down loaded it and one may even be in .pdf format.
>
>         He REALLY needs somebody to email a copy of his overhaul notes
>         to the following email address:
>
>         kinderbac@yahoo.com <mailto:kinderbac@yahoo.com>
>
>
> -al wick
> Artificial intelligence in cockpit, Cozy IV powered by stock Subaru 2.5=

> N9032U 200+ hours on engine/airframe from Portland, Oregon
> Prop construct, Subaru install, Risk assessment, Glass panel design inf=
o:
> http://www.maddyhome.com/canardpages/pages/alwick/index.html
>