Anderson Ed wrote:

Thanks, Paul.  Fortune was with me.  Dodging stalled vehicles still in
the middle of the road and travel lanes made it an interesting journey
home.  Slush splashed up and froze on the radiator obstructing airflow
and causing the temp to redline, but the old "roll the windows down and
turn on the heater full blast" brought the temp down sufficiently to
make it home.  Boy, if its not oil over temp in the aircraft its water
over temp in the car.  Then woke up in the morning to find the snow plow
had been thru and had plowed all the cul de sac snow into my driveway,
Grrr.  Just rolled back over and went back to sleep.

Going to fly this Saturday to convince myself that the 15-20F drop in
oil temp as a result of the snorkel nozzle was not just my imagination.
It should be up into the 50Fs so be interesting to see how it copes, but
I still expect the drop to hold up.  Then I will blend the transition
area and put it on permanently.  Rather glad the fix was so simple, so I
did not have to go the oil/water heat exhanger route or other more
radical fixes.  Clearly shows that with airflow, little things mean a
lot.

Ed Adnerson

 
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