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> From: "Steve Brooks" <steve@tsisp.com>
> Date: 2004/07/20 Tue PM 12:33:36 EDT
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil thermostat
>
> 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,

   The question is "why would you want to?"  Seriously,
and I think it's been mentioned recently, if it's working
correctly, the oil thermostat _shunts_ oil to bypass the
cooler, so that the oil doesn't get cooled until it
reaches a minimum temperature (160*F?).  Unless your
thermostat is stuck, such that oil always goes through
your cooler, your symptom isn't a good reason to disable
it.

   One alternative to the thermostat would be controlling
the airflow through the cooler with a butterfly valve -
controlling either the inflow OR the out.

Dale R.
COZY MkIV #1254