Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #24592
From: <Lehanover@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Air cushion
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:06:48 EDT
To: <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
In a message dated 6/27/2005 11:55:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time, atlasyts@bellsouth.net writes:
Boats have accumulators in their fresh water systems to prevent the pressure switch on the pump from cycling. It is basicaly a metal container with opening on the bottom connected to the pressure side. The air can never be purged and acts as a spring to smooth out the pressure pulses.
Buly
It is an accumulator.
 
Used in thousands of hydraulic systems.
 
The RX-2 and RX-3 had this setup. I use it on the race car since the 80s. I use an RX-2 bottle, but many different bottles will work fine.
 
You put the bottle abiout 1/3 full of coolant, and run the engine through a few heat cycles. The tank will be empty of coolant and the engine will be empty of air.
 
I have a shrader valve in my bottle, so I can charge the bottle to the cap reliefe pressure before I start the engine.
 
The bottle can be anywhere. Mine is on the floor of the car with 4 feet of hose to connect to the top of the radiator. The pressure cap on the radiator has no guts in it.
 
Works great.
 
Lynn E. Hanover
 
 
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