X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-d05.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.37] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.12) with ESMTP id 2325861 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:46:41 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.157.37; envelope-from=WRJJRS@aol.com Received: from WRJJRS@aol.com by imo-d05.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.2.) id q.ce6.19afeefa (41810) for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:46:01 -0400 (EDT) From: WRJJRS@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:46:00 EDT Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] How cool is too cool? To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1189572360" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5042 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1189572360 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 In a message dated 9/11/2007 6:14:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, =20 wdleonard@gmail.com writes: Besides unnecessary drag, is there any problem with with continuous temps=20 that low? Someone wrote that oil temps in particular should not be that lo= w =20 and will tend to cause sludge. My oil temps have always been that low, and= I=20 wonder if that may have contributed to my stuck side seals x2. I use mob ile-1.=20 --=20 David Leonard David, The standard reply is that the water is best at around 190=B0F so the =20 entrapped water will boil off at least. Running any modern detergent oil, an= d =20 particularly a synthetic you shouldn't have a sluge problem. If you never hi= t 200 I=20 might worry, but you should be fine. You could make the cowl opening smalle= r=20 if you have nothing to do! A better fix may eventually be a smaller cooler,= =20 but to take advantage of the lower drag you will need a new smaller duct as= =20 well. Leave it alone for now. If you really worry get an oil thermostat byp= ass. Sounds like you have plenty of inlet area, how many sq inches? Bill Jepson ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -------------------------------1189572360 Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In a message dated 9/11/2007 6:14:12 PM Pacific Standard Time,=20 wdleonard@gmail.com writes:
<= FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size= =3D2>Besides=20 unnecessary drag, is there any problem with with continuous temps that=20 low?  Someone wrote that oil temps in particular should not be that l= ow=20 and will tend to cause sludge.  My oil temps have always been that lo= w,=20 and I wonder if that may have contributed to my stuck side seals x2. = I=20 use mobile-1.

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The standard reply is that the water is best at around 190=B0F so the=20 entrapped water will boil off at least. Running any modern detergent oil, an= d=20 particularly a synthetic you shouldn't have a sluge problem. If you never hi= t=20 200 I might worry, but you should be fine. You could make the cowl opening=20 smaller if you have nothing to do! A better fix may eventually be a smaller=20 cooler, but to take advantage of the lower drag you will need a new smaller=20= duct=20 as well. Leave it alone for now. If you really worry get an oil thermostat=20 bypass.
Sounds like you have plenty of inlet area, how many sq inches?
Bill Jepson



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