Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.69] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b8) with ESMTP id 328197 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:38:50 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.69; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with ESMTP id <20040720203819.ICLR1776.imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:38:19 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil thermostat Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 15:38:29 -0500 Message-ID: <008901c46e99$840c0b50$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_008A_01C46E6F.9B360350" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_008A_01C46E6F.9B360350 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit IS everyone using this thermostat, or is there a way to bypass it. My oil temperature has been running pretty high, and I have not noticed any point where the temperature levels out for a time, like when a thermostat opens. I wonder if mine is working correctly. Steve Brooks I'm using an evap core for oil, so no thermostat. If I had one, I'd probably keep it to get a quicker warm-up. For another point of data, I measure the sump temp at the stock location, as well as the return oil temp from the cooler. The sump was 215 when my return maxed out at 195. Who knows how close the sump temp is to the actual return oil temp. In other words, oil dribbles back into the pan in various locations, and gets mixed in with the oil that's sitting there, so the sump temp isn't necessarily the same as the oil that's dripping back from the engine. Cheers, Rusty (trying to go flying later today, if I don't get heat stroke before then) ------=_NextPart_000_008A_01C46E6F.9B360350 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
IS=20 everyone using this thermostat, or is there a way to bypass it. My oil=20 temperature has been running pretty high, and I have not noticed any = point where=20 the temperature levels out for a time, like when a thermostat = opens.  I wonder if mine is working=20 correctly.

 

Steve=20 Brooks  

 

I'm using an = evap core for=20 oil, so no thermostat.  If I had one, I'd probably keep it to = get a=20 quicker warm-up.  

 

For another point of=20 data, I measure the sump temp at the stock location, as well as the = return oil=20 temp from the cooler.  The sump was 215 when my return maxed = out at=20 195.  Who knows how close the sump temp is to the actual = return oil=20 temp.  In other words, oil dribbles back into the pan in = various=20 locations, and gets mixed in with the oil that's sitting there, so the = sump temp=20 isn't necessarily the same as the oil that's dripping back from the=20 engine.  

 

Cheers,

Rusty (trying = to go flying=20 later today, if I don't get heat stroke before = then) 

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