X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [64.12.143.101] (HELO imo-m13.mail.aol.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2c4) with ESMTP id 2694244 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:04:31 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.143.101; envelope-from=DLOMHEIM@aol.com Received: from DLOMHEIM@aol.com by imo-m13.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.3.) id q.cfb.27185d16 (34994) for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:03:47 -0500 (EST) Received: from mblk-d28 (mblk-d28.mblk.aol.com [205.188.149.20]) by cia-db01.mx.aol.com (v121.4) with ESMTP id MAILCIADB017-88b2479b21a318; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:03:47 -0500 To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Subject: Water Return in Radiator Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:03:47 -0500 X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI X-AOL-IP: 74.238.56.4 X-MB-Message-Type: User MIME-Version: 1.0 From: dlomheim@aol.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--------MB_8CA2E2AA4190B49_550_57F3_mblk-d28.sysops.aol.com" X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 34032-STANDARD Received: from 74.238.56.4 by mblk-d28.sysops.aol.com (205.188.149.20) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:03:47 -0500 Message-Id: <8CA2E2AA4190B49-550-2BD8@mblk-d28.sysops.aol.com> X-Spam-Flag: NO ----------MB_8CA2E2AA4190B49_550_57F3_mblk-d28.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I need to add some water returns to my cooling system and want to make sure this will work before drilling holes in my Griffin radiator.? I need to return water from my heater core and?Fluidyne heat exchanger?to the suction side of the water pump.? My plan is to drill a couple of holes in the end of my radiator and weld on a couple of AN / NPT fittings to attach the hoses to.? From what I have read and seen in the past, the heater core return on the car goes right up into the neck of the water pump housing.? I am not a systems expert on this, but my simple brain sees no reason why I shouldn't be able to bring both these returns to the side where the hot engine water enters?my radiator.? This will will allow them to pass through the radiator for some cooling prior to entering the pump housing and cycling through the system again.? Since Mazda didn't configure their system like this, it does?leave me wondering if it will work?okay... Thanks for any information... Doug Lomheim, RV-9A; 13B (Leaving Key West today for home and more fun on my 13B FWF!) ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com ----------MB_8CA2E2AA4190B49_550_57F3_mblk-d28.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" I need to add some water returns to my cooling system and want to make sure this will work before drilling holes in my Griffin radiator.  I need to return water from my heater core and Fluidyne heat exchanger to the suction side of the water pump.  My plan is to drill a couple of holes in the end of my radiator and weld on a couple of AN / NPT fittings to attach the hoses to. 

From what I have read and seen in the past, the heater core return on the car goes right up into the neck of the water pump housing.  I am not a systems expert on this, but my simple brain sees no reason why I shouldn't be able to bring both these returns to the side where the hot engine water enters my radiator.  This will will allow them to pass through the radiator for some cooling prior to entering the pump housing and cycling through the system again.  Since Mazda didn't configure their system like this, it does leave me wondering if it will work okay...

Thanks for any information...

Doug Lomheim, RV-9A; 13B
(Leaving Key West today for home and more fun on my 13B FWF!)
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