Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #9190
From: Bulent Aliev <atlasyts@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil press. control valve
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 23:23:55 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
On 6/19/04 11:03 PM, "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com> wrote:

> Bulent,
>
>   There is a control valve next to the oil pump and a pressure regulator
> on the Rear housing (I think that is how they are referred to).  The control
> valve is a sort of safety feature set for approx 156 psi so should you plug
> your oil line you don't blow the line.  The Pressure control valve generally
> dumps oil to relieve pressure around 70-90 psi (depending on which one you
> have and/or whether you have shimmed it for increased pressure).
>
> The only thing I can think of is if you wanted more oil pressure, folks have
> shimmed the pressure regulator with some spacers - but, I would probably not
> do that as it works the pump harder.
>
> Ed
>

It is the one close to the oil pump. The other one was shimmed as per
Tracy's instructions from about 4 years ago.
bulent

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