For those having the optional Rotax air guide around the cylinders and
the third round air intake in the cowling as specified by Europa for the
912S, one solution is to preheat with an hair dryer plugged into the air
intake. I have been doing that for two years and it works really great.
With a 2000 Watt hair dryer, CHT and oil temp probes both show a 1
degree Celsius (about 2 F) per minute increase. The whole engine block
is being heated by the hot air forced around the cylinders. However the
oil tank itself is only slightly heated by the warm air inside the
cowling. Using this preheat process the engine starts like in summer all
the time.
Remi Guerner
F-PGKL
Hi Guys,
Its been two years since preheaters have been discussed here.
Paul, Are you still happy with the Reiff?
Anybody else happy or unhappy?
Any new data on the JC Whitney variant?? Has someone found
an auto parts equivalent to the oil tank band heater and its
thermostat??
It's 16F here today (brrrrrrrr, shiverrrrrrr) but bright VFR
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Ira N224XS
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