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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 17:22:35 -0500
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To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: First Flight, short and hot
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Bill
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---- Bill Eslick <wgeslick@gmail.com> wrote:=20
Jeff,

I still have the original hose on mine, but I have never been able to see
through it in a useful manner.  The only way to check the coolant level is
to de-pressurize (easy to do) and remove the cap.  If all is well, it shoul=
d
remain about 1/2 full if that is where you started.

Last week I was having some coolant temp discrepancies as in high water tem=
p
but low radiator exit temps.  After letting it cool, I let out the pressure
and found the header tank full!  I pulled the fill plug from the high point
above the thermostat housing and found where the fluid came from!  Using a
baster, I moved it from the tank to the housing where it was supposed to
be.

I thought maybe I had a compression leak or something that would have force=
d
air into the system and pushed out coolant, but can't find any leaks.  It
has not done it since then.  The coolant temp sensor was just hanging in ai=
r
while the rad temp sensors were still measuring water temp.  I sure would
like to know where that air came from!

Bill Eslick
13B RD-1A NA


On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Jeff Whaley <jwhaley@datacast.com> wrote:

>  Thanks Kelly, I copied (Bill Eslick's) installation (seen at Round-up)
> and the see-through aspect of that hose was a major selling point; it's e=
asy
> to see whether there's air or fluid in the line, which is very helpful =
=E2=80=A6
> ideally there should be fluid in the line and about 1 cup in the expansio=
n
> tank; I suppose removing the cap would provide same information =E2=80=A6=
 but the
> tank has to be de-pressurized, cap removed and re-pressurized before flig=
ht.
>
> Bill any comments on durability of that hose?
>