11-06-2020, 05:54 AM
Thank you Andrew34 ,Tony & Robert.
Andrew, your scenario fits exactly what happened, but I already had a post that was starting to look like a wall of text so I left some of the details out
. I could also have added that the same p.o.s. workshop van would also annoyingly and explosively overheat in Summer due to missing radiator core fins [the owner of the business & van was a renowned tightwad].
Tony, I had forgotten about the carb heat function on piston engined aero engines, no AA man to get you out of that scenario...
Robert, also I remember seeing a 2-stroke SAAB which had a fully detachable [and easily lost ?!] L shaped piece of ducting to do the same job. Twisting air intake snouts from cold to hot and vice versa used to be an item on our Summer/Winter Service Checks list back in the day. Eventually we evolved to thermostatically controlled vacuum operated hot air intakes which theoretically removed the human element, but introduced issues of their own...
Andrew, your scenario fits exactly what happened, but I already had a post that was starting to look like a wall of text so I left some of the details out
. I could also have added that the same p.o.s. workshop van would also annoyingly and explosively overheat in Summer due to missing radiator core fins [the owner of the business & van was a renowned tightwad].Tony, I had forgotten about the carb heat function on piston engined aero engines, no AA man to get you out of that scenario...
Robert, also I remember seeing a 2-stroke SAAB which had a fully detachable [and easily lost ?!] L shaped piece of ducting to do the same job. Twisting air intake snouts from cold to hot and vice versa used to be an item on our Summer/Winter Service Checks list back in the day. Eventually we evolved to thermostatically controlled vacuum operated hot air intakes which theoretically removed the human element, but introduced issues of their own...