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Subject:Re: Homemade head temp gauge?
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Wed, 14 Jun 1995 20:16:48 -0700 (PDT)

Please forgive my stupid and probably ill-informed notions ;)
But..
What about the idea that the oil should hover around 212 F (or 100 C for
us in the SI world) to assure that moisture is driven-off the oil. Is this
one of those myths that upon closer examination falls apart? I mean, 180 F
is probably hot enough to dry the oil, no?

BTW how do you measure those throttle settings (12%, 17% etc)? Is it 
taken at the throttle valve, a potentiometer as in the Digifant I system?

Alistair