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| vtsteam:
Just found this link David -- pretty interesting. I'll also get the Smaalders links. Back in a bit. http://books.google.com/books?id=PbxBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16 |
| DavidF:
now im thinking about airation and emulsifation...maybe skip the oil all together and replace it with graphite in the antifreeze??? |
| vtsteam:
Here are some links for Bart Smaalders and water in cranckase: http://steamautomobile.com/phorum5214/read.php?1,20715,20715 His boat, engine, boiler with additional links: http://smaalders.net/barts/boat.html I believe he has used that engine on Otter since at least 1996. |
| vtsteam:
I'm not going to go too far afield with this project. Oil is the lubricant, and if I can use it in the usual way, there won't be water or other substitutes in the sump. I think if I can bring th oil above 100C that condensation won't be a problem in the sump. If that doesn't work, then I may try the oil in water route. But I'll leave the antifreeze and graphite mix to you David! :beer: |
| DavidF:
LOL yea im kinda grasping at straws, but sometime you have to say what you think to see what the reaction is....boy I bet the guys on the saca forum are going to have a ball with my last post....LOL :headbang: |
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