|
Doug, if you bring your heater return to the hot water
side of your radiator you are returning it to a high pressure region. This
is after the water pump and before the resistance of the radiator - therefore
the pressure is going to be higher - not a good place (in my opinion) to return
your heater hose. Better is to return if after the radiator/before the
pump inlet. Just my opinion, others may differ.
Ed
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 7:03
AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Water Return in
Radiator
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!)
|