rhtrudder

I put a lot of faith in my gauges, after start up which is when I picked up the initial problem, and climb out ,not all,but most of these problems seem to occur when the engine is running.

you are right , my radiator set up holds about 2.5 litres which would have to empty out through the lid, and I guess some could be left behind when the engine cooled down.

You would think if the cold level in the overflow bottle dropped away there would be a problem

I think it might be a smart idea to get the original cap from floods, the oil cap screws on with the right thread , has no tube to direct coolant away so would end up on the battery.

My problem wasn't that the radiator was low on fluid , the overflow tank had the wrong cap which came under pressure and blew the tube , I have changed the fluid at the service intervals but never had to top it up, my point was that a simple small hole in a the cap was all that was needed, I never picked up that it had the wrong cap. Flew it tonight with no overheating so all good, discovered that with a torch and mirror I can check fluid level through the oil inspection hatch, thanks everyone for your interest.

Indeed, thanks for pointing out the bleeding obvious

Lots of screws to get to the cap, easy to see the bottle, never had any trouble with the cooling system before, maybe the oil cap leaked enough air to still breath , have drilled the 3mm hole which could have caused a disaster , my CFI said it's the simple things that will kill you , lucky this time.

Looks like previous owner lost original cap and replaced it with a Castrol oil bottle lid, I did think it had to be vented otherwise everything would be under pressure , engine done 1400 hrs, lucky to get this far, hope there's no more damage

Should the overflow tank on my 914 be vented , mine is sealed , wondering if that would put undue pressure on the plastic line from the cap to the plastic tank as mine blew a hole in it,

Seems hardly worth the trouble

Can a RPL holder in a 24 rego plane fly above 10000ft, I understand it can allow you into controlled air space with the right endorsement

Got to pick the day , bad some days, looks like the days might be cooling off Definitely worth the trip, we carry fuel on the farm if that would help.strip is near Kyabram

If you are keen to go to Mt Beauty we have been there many times , caught a few small trout in the pondage, only 15 min walk into town , you could stop into our strip which is sort of on the way, also dodges a lot of tiger hiding spots , and we could organize a flight,

Anybody heading to the BBQ at Lethbridge on Saturday, if the weather looks OK I think I will go maybe find out a bit more on the rumoured dreaded annuals

thanks

Going to have a go at RPL , I have not got my tailwheel , can I do that with a RAA instructor, and then in a Cherokee for the RPL will the tailwheel come across, not many GA planes around here with a tail wheel

what then happens to all the 19 rego planes that have been on sold , can the new owners do their own maintenance if not they are in the same boat as GA

owner maintained planes is the biggest attraction to our type of flying , take that away and it will finish a lot of us off, most of the second hand raa planes I think would become worthless, if you could afford it might as well pick up a old 140 Cherokee for 40k and be stuck with 5k annuals

As in private use raa owners can do their own, I think he was referring to GA type maintenance release annuals.

Talking with a lame mate today and he reckons we will be looking at compulsory annuals next, anyone think there is any truth in this.

Thanks for the info , looks like by Tuesday they will be to far south, I really only wanted to see the bigger yachts, maybe head to tassie.

Would Mallacoota be to far west

So by the next morning they would be too far south, what's the next strip down