Forgot to tell you that these days if you go to PWR
remember it is NOT FOR AIRCRAFT!!! They used to be cool about it
but recently they have changed their policy. Off road buggy seem
to be OK. Neil.
Just got around to plumbing in mechanical gauge
before cooler to see whats really happening with my oil flows,
wish I’d done it years ago! Learnt so much in a couple of
minutes on things that I have wasted so much time second
guessing. my second attempt oil cooler did work better than the
original mazda cooler, but was atrocious overall, Pressure drop
was about 60psi at 1400 prop rpm. No wonder I cant cool the oil,
bugger all is going through it, just enough to give me about
80psi oil pressure.
Ended up bypassing cooler all together to confirm
it is the cooler that is problem not lines or anything else,
well what a diference pressures constant at 78psi at all rpm’s
Trouble is no cooler manufacturer here seems to
have charts of flow & pressure drop on their coolers, very
frustrating especially as prices seem to range between $100-900
for similar sizes, so makes it very hard to select correct one.
Andrew
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Regards
Andrew Martin
Martin Ag