Well guess what -- water cooled means that, literally, though there are other things going on.  It is the heat capacity of water (and in modern engines the other chemicals in the coolant) that cools the engine. Heat is transferred from the engine into the water, which transports that heat to the radiator, where the heat is then transferred to the air.   Hmmmmmmm ............ .  DMc

---- Mark Hineline <hineline@OCOTILLOFIELD.NET> wrote:
> Let us hope that no one on the list takes "water cooled" this literally.
>
>
> On Sep 24, 2010, at 11:09 AM, <mcneely4@cox.net> <mcneely4@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
> > This is silly.  The subject was water.  The claim was made about
> > water.  Give it up.  DMc
>

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David McNeely