---------------------------------------------------------- Stratus-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 04/30/06: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:05 PM - temps (gary) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:05:45 PM PST US From: "gary" Cc: , Subject: Stratus-List: temps --> Stratus-List message posted by: "gary" I just started flying again after my move to TX and it's hot! My temps were so solid until now at 190 water (200 after climb) and 220 oil (230 climb) even on hot days in RI and the whole flight thru FL to TX. Even taxiing at Oshkosh for a half hour in the heat was fine a couple years ago. Now I'm seeing 220 water and 240 oil, and a bit higher during climbout. Time to rework my cooling system? Remove 50/50 water/antifreeze and use 100% distilled water? Try Evans NPG? Finish my duct and enclose back of rad (exit duct)? Not sure if this is too hot to continue flying but it's a bummer after all that work and thinking I had it licked. I do need to check the jetting and remove my cabin heater core, and I repitched prop to climb so it's running higher rpm too. A good test will be to take the doors off and put the heat on - maybe airflow thru the heater core aids cooling and by not having airflow thru it makes it worse. Maybe removing it will actually help? It's circulating right now but returning almost the same temp water. If I take it out, all the coolant will run thru the radiator and be cooled. My water temp is measured going to the heater core now so I'd keep the sensor in the bypass hose which should still be a good place to measure temp, right? Oh well, I'll play around this week and see what happens. gary