Chipper radiators in the heat.

[Mick Dempsey]

Just a little reminder to take a blower to work and blow the radiator off (no sniggering) every time you stop the chipper in this heat.

 

Some material like birch seeds and thuja dust can block it in minutes.

 

Thats it, that’s the post.

 

[Will C]

Heat? What heat? It’s 15 deg and damp here, send us some of your weather please. 
 

basic maintenance is forgotten by some, usually those that don’t have to pay for it!

[swinny]

We always run the blower over the rad after every job it's good practice! 

 

New chippers air cooled any how now lol

[Stubby]

5 hours ago, swinny said:

We always run the blower over the rad after every job it's good practice! 

 

New chippers air cooled any how now lol

Still worth blowing out the cooling fins .

[swinny]

2 hours ago, Stubby said:

Still worth blowing out the cooling fins .

Yup they all still get the treatment..... need to start bringing it in to get near compressor rather than just blower. 

[roboted]

1 hour ago, swinny said:

Yup they all still get the treatment..... need to start bringing it in to get near compressor rather than just blower. 

Careful using a compressed air pistol, especially with ally. If you're not square on its easy to bend the fins and reduce airflow.

[doobin]

35 minutes ago, roboted said:

Careful using a compressed air pistol, especially with ally. If you're not square on its easy to bend the fins and reduce airflow.

You’d need some serious psi to do that. It’s folk being careless with the nozzle end that bends fins. 

[roboted]

Just now, doobin said:

You’d need some serious psi to do that. It’s folk being careless with the nozzle end that bends fins. 

And that.

[Mick Dempsey]

It’s a dull subject I know but..

 

My TW 150 overheated and shut down fairly regularly, so I took off the rad (so simple even I can do it) and put it on the floor and used a high pressure hose on it then an airline to dry it off before refitting. It was astonishing the amount of crap that came off.

Never had an issue after that.

 

Not as easy getting the rad off the Schliesing but something I’ll look at.

 

[Dan Maynard]

We always run the blower over the rad after every job it's good practice! 
 
New chippers air cooled any how now lol [emoji3]

My JoBeau is air cooled, ducting round the engine is a perfect chip trap and even had a fire round the front spark plug in the first hot summer I had it.

Made a little house for the engine now so the chip doesn't fall on it.