Gidday Karl,
With reference to these radiator issues, could I please ask if you have
any photos of your setup that you could beam over so that I can keep
them stockpiled till I install my engine, sometime in 2015? I have a
914, and all this talk of hoses melting surprises me that Europa aren=92t
circulating something. There appears to be a lot of informal adjustment
to avoid this issue, even involving those in the UK who have to build
apparently to the letter of the law, but, if they had, it seems that
there would have been more problems than there apparently have been.
Still, it seem like there is an omission regarding this, or at least a
lack of ongoing overseeing by Europa, or am I wrong?
Regards
Tony Renshaw
> On 4 Dec 2014, at 12:03 am, Karl Heindl <kheindl@msn.com> wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> Another precaution you might want to consider is to use a combination
of silicone hose and aluminium tube for the two lines to/from the
radiator. You can obtain both from autosiliconehoses.com
<http://autosiliconehoses.com/> in the UK. They also have angle pieces
so you can make up any shape including the 180 degree U-shape.
> But I don't understand where your hose is so close to the muffler,
when the rad is at the back.
> My setup is now altogether different as I positioned a custom made
radiator to the front of the engine between the two exhaust pipes, at a
45 degree angle.
>
> From: markandrhonda@harveyfarm.net.au
<mailto:markandrhonda@harveyfarm.net.au>
> To: europa-list@matronics.com <mailto:europa-list@matronics.com>
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Muffler melted hole in Radiator hose
> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 18:41:46 +1000
>
> Thank you for your replies. I am back at work at the moment so I won=92t
be able to get back out to look at till next week. Will definitely
look at the option of moving the radiators back. I=92m not too keen on
sleeving or shielding and leaving it in the position it is so close to
the muffler. I think I might have to move it away as far as I can and
Shield it then. I agree that if Europa knew about it in the past they
should pass it on to other builders even if it only happens with some
cases. I=92m sure I would have made this modification as a
precautionary process if i had known.
> Regards,
> Mark
>
>
>
> From: Kevin Challis <mailto:cakeykev@gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 9:03 PM
> To: europa-list@matronics.com <mailto:europa-list@matronics.com>
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Muffler melted hole in Radiator hose
>
> Yes it happened to my Tri gear luckily my friend was flying it.
>
> The hose had been protected by thermo sleeve (sliver coated material).
>
> It still burnt through.
>
> The engine cooked and 4 heads and 3 barrels replaced which costs a
fortune.
>
> I moved the radiator and oil cooler back as far as possible which has
left sufficient space now.
>
> Kevin Challis
>
>
> On 2 Dec 2014, at 07:17, <markandrhonda@harveyfarm.net.au
<mailto:markandrhonda@harveyfarm.net.au>>
<markandrhonda@harveyfarm.net.au
<mailto:markandrhonda@harveyfarm.net.au>> wrote:
>
> I have a xs tri gear with a 912s ready to fly[almost]. It has 5.3
hours on the clock. Two days ago I was setting the pitch stops on the
prop when I lost most of the coolant. The starboard radiator hose had a
hole melted through it from the muffler. The hose is only about 10mm to
15mm away from the muffler. Has any one had this happen and if so how
do you prevent it form happening again. Luckily it happened on the
ground and not on the first flight or any other for that matter.
>
> Regards Mark
> QLD Australia
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