Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #7279
From: Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Cooling Problem Identified
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 15:09:31 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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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