I forgot, I have a water temp gauge and it has been checked for accuracy
with boiling water. I get cruise temps around 190F in the summer and down
to 160-170F in the winter with OT 40-50F. Once I get to cruise oil, CHT and
Coolant settle down to the same temp within 10 degrees.
Ken Carpenter
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From: "Tony S. Krzyzewski" <tonyk@kaon.co.nz>
Subject: [Building] 2 items - service bulletins on Rotax
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>
> >> Is anyone out there measuring it?
>
> For anyone interested in measuring the coolant temperature, Skydrive in
> the UK make a neat little kit which adds a temperature sensor into one
> of the cylinder head coolant lines.
>
> I added a coolant temperature sensor to my engine (and increased the
> size of the overflow bottle outlet) immediately following Graham's
> accident as I felt that these would eliminate what was a major
> contributing factor to the accident.
>
> When you consider that every water cooled automobile engine has a
> coolant temperature monitoring system I am still amazed that Rotax don't
> have provision for the same on their engines.
>
> Tony
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