Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #24621
From: Ian Dewhirst <ianddsl@magma.ca>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Engine Rebuild - Coolant Leak Cause
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:47:43 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Hi Ed, one more possible hypothesis... as soon as you start an internal combustion engine the cooland is required to absorb the pressure pulses from the combustion process.  Without a vapor cusion to dampen this energy you would have to see something in the guage, the frequency would likely be higher then the response time of the guage so you would not see it as a fluctuating pressure.  I think that the pump could generate some pressure, perhaps 4 psi or so, but I think 22 psi is a stretch,  the pressure would also have to vary with engine speed.  I suppose the easy way to test the pump theory is to remove the belt.
 
Cheers,  Ian
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]On Behalf Of Ed Anderson
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 10:32 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Engine Rebuild - Coolant Leak Cause

Could be, Buly suggested the same thing, George. 
 
My coolant pressure pump is after the radiators and before the water pump inlet.  So the coolant does have to get through two radiators before my  sensor senses the pressure.
 
Ed
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