Return-Path: Received: from [24.25.9.100] (HELO ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 576554 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:37:58 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=24.25.9.100; envelope-from=eanderson@carolina.rr.com Received: from edward2 (cpe-069-132-111-212.carolina.rr.com [69.132.111.212]) by ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with SMTP id iBMDbQKk026129 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:37:27 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <006401c4e82b$1ed77150$2402a8c0@edward2> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Houston we have a problem! Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:35:36 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Sounds likes you found the problem. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bulent Aliev" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 8:01 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Houston we have a problem! > Hi Ed, I'm suspecting that when I blocked off the oil filter mounting pad on > the engine I did not connect both openings with a groove in the block off > block. I see that all block off pads have a groove connecting both ports. I > forgot about it. > I'm getting oil through the remote oil filter and oil cooler to the oil > mount pad on the engine. > I'll do the correction today and let you know. > buly > > On 12/22/04 7:42 AM, "Ed Anderson" wrote: > > > Buly, when I first tried bring the oil pressure up in my engine by cranking > > (without plugs) - no oil pressure. I then took the oil hose off from my oil > > filter to oil cooler - no oil flow. Turns out I had reversed the IN-OUT > > lines to the remote oil filter and that prevented flow. I have heard of > > that happening to others as well. I had thought that the IN to the oil > > filter went to the inner part of the filter and the OUT was taken from the > > outside part of the filter - turns out its just the opposite. > > > > > > > > Ed Anderson > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bulent Aliev" > > To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" > > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 9:28 PM > > Subject: [FlyRotary] Houston we have a problem! > > > > > >> Today I took the first step of starting the engine and stumbled right > > away. > >> Poured 3 qts of oil in and started cranking with the plugs off. Checked > > the > >> oil and it was down. Means that the oil pump primed right away. > >> Overall it took about 7 qts. The bad part is that I had the turbo oil feed > >> (original steel tube setup) disconnected and waiting for the oil to show > > up > >> - no luck? I attached a clear hose and tried to pull vacuum, but I can > > hear > >> the air whistling in the oil filler tube. I'm suspecting something wrong > >> with the oil pressure valve, but also want to hear from the experts. > >> Buly > > > >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >