Unless I just don't understand, with a radiator cap on the car the
amount of oxygen in the air would not matter to the temp in the
radiator. The boiling point would be higher depending on the rating of
the cap and not the outside air.
Guide me if I'm wrong.
Paul
Robert Palmer wrote:
> No. Consider the situation with no spring pressure in the cap and a vacuum
> in the radiator. Then, the force on the cap is one atmosphere or about 14.7
> lbs/in2. The atmospheric pressure always adds this same amount to whatever
> the cap spring force is.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tigers@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-tigers@Autox.Team.Net] On
> Behalf Of Paul Memont
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 6:29 PM
> To: Smit, Theo
> Cc: Ron Fraser; Lynn Wall; tigers@autox.team.net; detomaso@realbig.com
> Subject: Re: question for all you rocket scientists
>
> Wouldn't the pressure in the closed cooling system remain the same?
> Whatever the cap release pressure is?
>
> Paul
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