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Subject: Europa-List: Re: 914 draining coolant and changing coolant lines
From: Griffo <scangriffin@bigpond.com.au>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 16:31:04

No experience with a 914 however with my 912ULS:

I do my coolant changes at the 2.5 year mark - so one drain in part of hose 
replacement

Just remove the lowest coolant hose, followed by the "radiator" cap. It's handy,
not essential, to have a second person to hold a wide mouth container up to
the open hose.

After bulk of coolant removed, I open one end of each lower hose to remove any
"dregs" 

After reattaching all but one hose, I do a compressed air blast into the 
"spider"
tank (cup hand over opening put air gun nozzle between finger/thumb and blast)
- usually gets a few more drops.

Drain expansion tank separately.

If using same/compatible coolant, within recommended drain interval, no need to
"flush" system.

Be sure to top up using Rotax compatible coolant, mixed with purified water at
the 50:50 ratio.

Squeeze/pulsing of the larger radiator hoses may asset in removing trapped  air
bubbles.

Conduct brief test flight -  allow system to cool (overnight good) recheck 
coolant
levels & top up.

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