X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-m27.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.8] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.1) with ESMTP id 1514267 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:26:15 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.137.8; envelope-from=Lehanover@aol.com Received: from Lehanover@aol.com by imo-m27.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.6.) id q.9a.4c53f5bf (48624) for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:25:48 -0500 (EST) From: Lehanover@aol.com Message-ID: <9a.4c53f5bf.3277656c@aol.com> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:25:48 EST Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Copperstate Fly-in (was: Rotary Round up 2006) To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1162218348" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5331 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1162218348 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 10/30/2006 7:50:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, eanderson@carolina.rr.com writes: This was all 4-5 years ago and could be I was just overlooking something - but, couldn't figure out what it was, so pulled out the thermostat. Ed Sorry, I forgot about your plugs up deal. Years ago there was a sender of some kind in the top of the center iron. I placed my water temp sender there. When filling with coolant I could loosen that sender and almost all of the trapped air would escape. This why I have stayed with the make up tank idea since 1980. Some of the air will just not move out at less than full throttle. I like the air showing up in the tank, rather than sitting beside a hot spot killing the engine. In three heat cycles, there is no air left at all. I keep the tank 1/3 full for the whole season. it never uses any additional coolant. I pressurize the coolant until the cap releases after checking coolant levels. I forgot to say that I use 10% antifreeze in the coolant. Racing in October can get rather cool. Lynn E. Hanover -------------------------------1162218348 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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This was all 4-5 years ago and could be I w= as=20 just overlooking something - but, couldn't figure out what it was, so pull= ed=20 out the thermostat.

Sorry, I forgot about your plugs up deal. Years ago there was a sender=20= of=20 some kind in the top of the center iron. I placed my water temp sender there= .=20 When filling with coolant I could loosen that sender and almost all of the=20 trapped air would escape. This why I have stayed with the make up tank idea=20 since 1980. Some of the air will just not move out at less than full throttl= e. I=20 like the air showing up in the tank, rather than sitting beside a hot spot=20 killing the engine. In three heat cycles, there is no air left at all. I kee= p=20 the tank 1/3 full for the whole season. it never uses any=20 additional coolant. I pressurize the coolant until the cap releases aft= er=20 checking coolant levels.

I forgot to say that I use 10% antifreeze in the coolant. Racing in Oct= ober=20 can get rather cool.

Lynn E. Hanover

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