Al,

Every time I see a picture of your installation I drool. It is a work of art. It is an = inspiration.

Dean Head

Cozy = #1040

BKV FL

From: = Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Al Gietzen
Sent: Friday, July 02, = 2004 12:49 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: = remote oil adapter

Subject: [FlyRotary] remote oil adapter

I bought this = remote oil filter adapter from someone on this list. I am about to mount it = and I'll be damned if I can figure out how this is the same configuration. = all 5 holes on the adapter are common to one another inside, whereas on the original bracket the oil has to pass thru the oil filter membrane in order to = reach the other outlet. it seems to me that with this adapter the oil can = easily bypass any filter. what point am I missing? which holes go = to the remote filter? which way does the oil pass thru this = bracket? is all the oil filtered all the time? if not, what are the two = circuits?

Kevin Lane Portland, OR
e-mail-> n3773@comcast.net
web-> http://home.comcast.net/~n3773

Gee; Kevin, thanks a lot. = How could you forget where such a beautiful piece of work came = from?

It is not an oil filter adapter, = it is a filter bypass block; which means that it replaces the filter attachment = block on the engine so you came put an adapter and larger filter somewhere upstream. It is good to put the filter upstream from the cooler to = reduce possible sludge buildup in the cooler (assuming we should be so lucky to = fly our planes long enough for this to happen). I got a remote dual = filter mount from Racing Beat, but Earl’s sells the same thing. It = comes in either dual or single filter.

The bypass block mounts onto the = engine in the same manner that the filter block does. Use the two o-rings = in the counterbores on the block. Two ports go down into the engine; one = goes to the oil gallery, the other to the oil pressure control valve bypass and = back to the pan. In the original filter block only the oil going through = the filter goes to the gallery, while some bypasses the filter and goes = through the pressure control bypass. In the bypass block those two ports are = common, as they should be. The large port at the front with the fitting is = for the incoming oil, the 1/8 NPT ports at the opposite end and at the top = are for redrive supply or oil temp or pressure = senders.

In the attached photo = you’ll see the oil line coming from the engine to the filter mount on the firewall, = from there to the cooler, from the cooler the bypass block on the = engine. (This happens to be a pusher = configuration.)

Have = fun,