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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Quiet
From: Bulent Aliev <atlasyts@bellsouth.net>
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On 9/18/04 5:57 PM, "Dale Rogers" <rogersda@cox.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> John Slade <sladerj@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
> [ Lynn Hanover]: 
>>> Water temp 180 at cruise hot day climb 200. Oil temp 160 (ideal)
>>> at cruise, 180 is OK, 210 hot day climb. Power goes down above 160 oil
>>> temp.
> 
>> I've told by another well respected rotary expert that the REW is designed
>> to run at 203 - 212F, that oil temp should be kept below 240F, and should
>> never regularly go over 248F. Everywhere I go I hear different numbers for
>> these limits. I'm using 5-30 Castrol Synthetic.
> 
> John, 
> 
>  One aspect of the disparity is the problem of where to
> measure the oil temp.  Mazda does it at the oil pan.  I
> believe that Lynn is doing it at an adapter block where
> the oil returns from the cooler to the rear housing.  It's
> going to be cooler there - and more relevant to the temp.
> at the bearings. 
> 
> Dale R.
> 

Dale, Mazda does not measure oil temperature anywhere. The cars don't have
oil temp. gauge. Only thing in the pan is low oil level sender.
Bulent