Yep, good point, that's why I measure oil and air temps going in AND out of
all coolers.
Tracy (shamelessly plugging the many capabilities of the EM2
engine monitor : )
----- Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: oil cooler
lines
You have two flows to consider, oil and air. If the oil isn't cooled very
much in one of the coolers is it because most of the oil is going through it,
or because not enough air is going through it?
Bill Schertz
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From: Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com>
>
wschertz@comcast.net wrote:
>
> > I agree that flow can be
balanced, however you would have to be able
> > to measure the
flow in order to do that, and most installations do not
> > have
that capability. Just assuming that they are balanced is frought
>
> with the peril that they might not be due to irregularities that are
> > not obvious.
> > Bill
>
> Assuming
each core is doing its job, wouldn't measuing the temperature
> of
the oil exiting the core be a good measure? Low flow would equal low
> temp.
>
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