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From: "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil press. control valve
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 07:25:18 -0400
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From: "Bulent Aliev" <atlasyts@bellsouth.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 11:23 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil press. control valve


> 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
>
>
In that case, I have not heard of any modifications needed or necessary for
that one.  Of course, you do need to find the spring and ball for it.  What
is the status of your project, Bulent.

Ed