X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from web36503.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([209.191.85.3] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with SMTP id 1101243 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 11 May 2006 17:46:30 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.191.85.3; envelope-from=rx7ez@yahoo.com Received: (qmail 95228 invoked by uid 60001); 11 May 2006 21:45:16 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=HODpD4ymV94R2Vu3vSbouzXcWS5aeQBAYb9vjGyyoTrWXzPHvpo0PrJnyS2m+JDz+wIH0S0IjUGF0vYouWrRqAOIRCmJt/9FSX71erUIWcjQFx2JhaWX0ASaG5I98iuhviWLYkAz6U0g+ar2lf0Z8X4/yBj61YriaO0lYbi23f4= ; Message-ID: <20060511214516.95226.qmail@web36503.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [209.4.41.73] by web36503.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 11 May 2006 14:45:16 PDT Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 14:45:16 -0700 (PDT) From: George Graham Subject: oil cooling issues To: flyrotary MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-1867644461-1147383916=:93914" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --0-1867644461-1147383916=:93914 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Where do you measure the oil temperature? Mine is taken in the oil pan, where it is the highest temperature. I have seen 260 F. many times, and I consider that normal during climb and taxi. I also use Mobil One Synthetic oil, to tolerate the heat. During cruise it will stabilize at 220F. You need to get the oil above 220 F, to evaporate the moisture anyway. George Graham Mazda Rx7ez N4449E Sarasota Florida -SRQ --------------------------------- Get amazing travel prices for air and hotel in one click on Yahoo! FareChase --0-1867644461-1147383916=:93914 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Where do you measure the oil temperature?

Mine is taken in the oil pan, where it is the highest temperature.

I have seen 260 F. many times, and I consider that normal during climb
and taxi.  I also use Mobil One Synthetic oil, to tolerate the heat.
During cruise it will stabilize at 220F. 

You need to get the oil above 220 F, to evaporate the moisture anyway.


George Graham
Mazda Rx7ez N4449E
Sarasota Florida -SRQ


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