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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 15:09:31 -0400
From: Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com>
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To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Cooling Problem Identified
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Marko Bewersdorff wrote:
> This is just theory, brain storm or brain fart - you're the judge.
> 
> One thought: Flush with a solvent that binds with water, and evaporates
> easily, and that doesn't eat up the internal seals.
> So perhaps a flushing with denat. alcohol or avgas prior to blowing the case
> dry with compressed air will remove a lot of water.
> 
> Alternative two. Take the engine case into a sauna and let it heat up for
> long enough so that steam escapes.
> All right alternative 2 wasn't that serious.
> 
> 
> Memory is fuzzy on this one but I recall, running pure antifreeze is a
> corrosion problem.
> 
> Marko
> 

How about leaving the plug out and sticking a hair dryer into a 
different hole?  Support it, set it to a moderate setting and leave it 
for an hour or so.  Temps not too hot, but sufficient.

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