SouthSoundTree
Treehouser
My engine gets really hot on hot days. Radiator was rebuilt, fins clean, not loosing coolant like a weep hole in the water pump (though I will check this more easily with it being cleaned), 185 degree thermometer replaced the 190 degree one.
Do you suppose a layer of grease/ oil/ sawdust on the chipper engine and thick paint on the housing will make an appreciable difference in its ability to cool itself. I suspect so.
I just painted my chipper (another layer), and scraped off the engine and inside of the engine compartments. I've been using an air compressor to clean in between the nooks and crannies of the engine. I will likely degrease it at a commercial car wash that filters their water.
I intend to get a pneumatic needle scaler and get back down to bare metal and repaint, one section at a time. For now, its all shiny white. I think the thick paint from many a layer over many a year could also be causing it to be harder to cool.
We'll see come July/ August. Most always it doesn't care. Just doesn't like the heat. Maybe a Cool Vest.
This could be one of those things that is well known among more seasoned mechanics than me. Maybe a tidbit that might help someone else.
Do you suppose a layer of grease/ oil/ sawdust on the chipper engine and thick paint on the housing will make an appreciable difference in its ability to cool itself. I suspect so.
I just painted my chipper (another layer), and scraped off the engine and inside of the engine compartments. I've been using an air compressor to clean in between the nooks and crannies of the engine. I will likely degrease it at a commercial car wash that filters their water.
I intend to get a pneumatic needle scaler and get back down to bare metal and repaint, one section at a time. For now, its all shiny white. I think the thick paint from many a layer over many a year could also be causing it to be harder to cool.
We'll see come July/ August. Most always it doesn't care. Just doesn't like the heat. Maybe a Cool Vest.
This could be one of those things that is well known among more seasoned mechanics than me. Maybe a tidbit that might help someone else.