We start the week with good news! After a weekend of thinking about an issue and what to do; Richard my group partner came up with the idea of a solenoid controlled water pump. The theory behind the idea/issue is as following.
We all know that a cold engine is an inefficient engine; as its air/fuel mixture is rich in order to create combustion. Rich mixture also increases emissions. The water pump always circulates coolant thus increasing the engine warm up period. So to resolve this issue we though of disconnecting the water pump while the engine is cold and warming up and have it re-connect when the engine reaches a certain temperature. The water ump would be solenoid controlled. This would reduce engine warmup time.
To discuss our idea further we went and saw Gerry Hamilton as engines was his subject. Gerry quickly recognized a major flaw within this idea and very quickly discarded it. He told us that by removing the flow of coolant during engine warm up period we would create hotspots within the coolant around the cylinder block and cylinder heads. Thus resulting in engine damage.
This was discouraging news as both me and Richard thought that this was a good idea. Roman then told us that we need to come up with an idea by the end of the second week. I must say I am feeling the pressure now. Two weeks have passed and still no project!
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