Return-Path: Received: from out007.verizon.net ([206.46.170.107] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b2) with ESMTP id 3177750 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 19:21:23 -0400 Received: from verizon.net ([4.12.145.173]) by out007.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20040418232122.PLCF28276.out007.verizon.net@verizon.net> for ; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 18:21:22 -0500 Message-ID: <40830D72.4070406@verizon.net> Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 19:21:22 -0400 From: Finn Lassen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax; PROMO) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Cooling Problem Identified References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out007.verizon.net from [4.12.145.173] at Sun, 18 Apr 2004 18:21:22 -0500 A hair dryer shuts itself off when blowing into a restricted area. Finn Ernest Christley wrote: > 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. >