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Subject:Re: "enough" vs "too much" monitoring, was: permanent fuel pressure gauge
From:John Rodgers
Date:Tue, 7 Mar 2006 11:18:32 -0600

John Bange wrote:

>>EGT systems on small aircraft consist of probes that are mounted by
>>drilling a hole in each exhaust stack just a couple of inches or so from
>>the exhaust pipe flange the distance of which is usually specified by
>>the manufacturer.
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>Heh. Well, Rotax sez measure 100mm downstream from the piston edge for
>theirs -- how far out does VW specify for the WBX?
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>John Bange
>'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
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Sorry, I didn't make it clear.

 It is usually the manufacturer fo the EGT unit that does the specifying
of where to locate the probe on each engine, not the engine manufacturer.

VW would be out to the picture.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver x2