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I do the same thing Rusty, I just run both fuel pumps all the time. If you
run one pump and it fails, the engine will stop running immediately. If
you run an EWP and it fails, your engine won't quit immediately, so you would
have a little time to switch over to the other EWP.
Perry Mick
http://www.ductedfan.com
Hi Perry. If your water pump
dies, the engine won't quit immediately, but you will need to get
that second pump on right away. To do that, you would almost have to have
a flow meter that goes into alarm below a certain amount of flow, and better
yet, kicks on the backup pump automatically.
Can anyone estimate how
long the engine would run at cruise power, with no water flow, before
you boil away lots of coolant, and warp the housings? I'm
afraid it wouldn't be more than a minute or
so.
Cheers,
Rusty (I'm NOT going to
experiment with no-flow conditions <g>)
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