X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from securemail.ever-tek.com ([64.129.170.194] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.9) with ESMTP id 4487854 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:53:55 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.129.170.194; envelope-from=cbarber@texasattorney.net Received: from fcd-mail06.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([2002:404:40b::404:40b]) by FCD-MAIL06.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([::1]) with mapi; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:53:05 -0500 From: Chris Barber To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Update: Loss of Oil Pressure Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: Update: Loss of Oil Pressure Thread-Index: AQHLYMmK29q7sLC4jUWvnpteyH3v65Mq3+ri Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:53:04 +0000 Message-ID: <417B08AD-016E-492D-9416-94BC95C5D3B7@texasattorney.net> References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_417B08AD016E492D941694BC95C5D3B7texasattorneynet_" MIME-Version: 1.0 --_000_417B08AD016E492D941694BC95C5D3B7texasattorneynet_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yep. Will be one of the first things o will try to look at. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 30, 2010, at 1:01 PM, Mark Steitle > wrote: Chris, As Ed mentioned, check the key in the oil pump shaft too. Mark S. On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Chris Barber <cbarber@texasattorney.net> wrote: Help protect me from me. Yesterday, I removed all my primary -10 oil lines and checked them for obst= ructions or obvious assembly errors, but found non. I removed the plugs ad= cranked the engine after injecting some oil into the rotor chambers and a = bit (not much will go in from a squirt bottle) into the PSRU. Finally, I g= ot a small stream of oil coming out of the filter, but nothing to get excit= ed about. I removed the mechanical gauge I had installed with some excess hose on the= top of the engine where oil comes out of the stock turbo block that feeds = my aftermarket turbo. When I removed the hose, oil came spilling out of th= e hose. This hose had been empty before I installed the mechanical gauge, = which had read about 6 psi when I tested it a couple of days ago. So, "som= e" oil was/is flowing, just at what seems a significantly reduced rate. SOOOO, unless someone has a Eureka moment to share, I will be pulling the e= ngine off the plane and dropping the pan and likely removing the front cove= r. I do seem to have strong compression (I hope my ear is telling me right= ) thus, hopefully cracking the block open will not be needed and if I under= stand correctly would not be causing low oil pressure. I am only a bit con= cerned of possible damage that may have occurred. I will check the things = I seem to recall being issues. The key in the front e-shaft, the retaining= clip, the pressure regulator, oil pump and whatever else becomes obvious. Again, looking for those Eureka moments that may belay this action....... As always, thanks. Chris Barber Houston --_000_417B08AD016E492D941694BC95C5D3B7texasattorneynet_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Yep. Will be one of the first things o will = try to look at. 

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 30, 2= 010, at 1:01 PM, Mark Steitle <mst= eitle@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris, 

As Ed mentioned, check the key i= n the oil pump shaft too.

Mark S.

On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Chris Barber <cbarber@texasattorney.net> wr= ote:
Help protect me from me.
 
Yesterday, I removed all my primary -10 oil lines and checked them for= obstructions or obvious assembly errors, but found non.  = I removed the plugs ad cranked the engine after injecting some oil int= o the rotor chambers and a bit (not much will go in from a squirt bottle) into the PSRU.  Finally, I got= a small stream of oil coming out of the filter, but nothing to get excited= about.
 
I removed the mechanical gauge I had installed with some excess hose o= n the top of the engine where oil comes out of the stock turbo block that f= eeds my aftermarket turbo.  When I removed the hose, oil c= ame spilling out of the hose.  This hose had been empty before I installed the mechanical gauge, which = had read about 6 psi when I tested it a couple of days ago.  So, "= ;some" oil was/is flowing, just at what seems a significantly reduced = rate.
 
SOOOO, unless someone has a Eureka moment to= share, I will be pulling the engine off the plane and dropping the pan and= likely removing the front cover.  I do seem to have strong compr= ession (I hope my ear is telling me right) thus, hopefully cracking the block open will not be needed and if I u= nderstand correctly would not be causing low oil pressure.  I am only = a bit concerned of possible damage that may have occurred.  I will che= ck the things I seem to recall being issues.  The key in the front e-shaft, the retaining clip, the pressure reg= ulator, oil pump and whatever else becomes obvious.
 
Again, looking for those Eureka moments that may belay thi= s action.......
 
As always, thanks.
 
Chris Barber
Houston

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