I have my oil filter before the oil goes into the cooler and has worked fine for 400 hours.

Ed

Ed Anderson
Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.com
http://www.andersonee.com
http://members.cox.net/rogersda/rotary/configs.htm#N494BW
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Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 8:00 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] What comes first; the chicken or the egg?


> The Mazda manual shows the oil being cooled via the oil cooler before it > is filtered.  One would assume that you would want the oil filtered before > you ran it through anything.  Why did they design it this way?  What are > most doing?  Are you cooling the oil before filtering or are you filtering > the oil before cooling?  If one was to stick to the original design and > utilize the original oil pressure outlet as the oil supply feed to the > re-drive, it would appear that this oil supply to the re-drive is > un-filtered oil although the oil is cooled.  I would assume that we would > want filtered oil to the re-drive.  I am not sure how to tackle this > problem.  Any and all input into this subject is greatly appreciated.
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