X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.70] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 1094329 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 06 May 2006 05:58:46 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.70; envelope-from=atlasyts@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm67aec.bellsouth.net ([65.11.50.61]) by imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060506095800.WCFW19017.imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm67aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Sat, 6 May 2006 05:58:00 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.100] (really [65.11.50.61]) by ibm67aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060506095759.GOS17701.ibm67aec.bellsouth.net@[192.168.0.100]> for ; Sat, 6 May 2006 05:57:59 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v749.3) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Bulent Aliev Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Was Oil Pressure and Now... Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 05:58:03 -0400 To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) Joe, I don't think reversing the lines at the oil cooler will cause =20 low oil pressure. In the manual they are marked like that, so people =20 assemble all the parts back the way factory made it. Buly On May 5, 2006, at 11:00 PM, Joe Hull wrote: > I got my engine back from Dave Atkins yesterday and it looks great! =20= > It appears that he put in two =93new=94 (to me) rotor housings and =20 > replaced the bearings in the front and center housing. He said it =20 > was all covered by warranty so =93no charge=94. He really turned that = =20 > around fast and I sure appreciate that. > > > > This evening I may have made a discovery that might explain the low =20= > oil pressure. I took the oil cooler off the plane with the intent =20 > to flush it out really well in case there were any metal particles =20 > in there. And, this is a stock Mazda cooler by the way. I don=92t =20 > know why, but I got out my Haynes manual to confirm the input and =20 > output holes in the cooler. When I picked up the engine originally =20 > I had asked which was =93in=94 and which was =93out=94 and then we = marked =20 > the =93out=94 with felt tip pen right then and there (and it=92s still = =20 > there today). But lo and behold =96 according to the Haynes manual =20= > my =93out=94 is really the =93in=94!! So, can someone confirm for me = the =20 > in=92s and the out=92s! According to Haynes the =93In=94 is on the = end =20 > next to the bypass plug/valve and the =93out=94 is on the narrow side =20= > next to the bar that is welded to the reservoir. > > > > If hooked up backwards could that be a problem? Could the opening =20 > of the bypass thermostat somehow block oil flow from the oil pump?? > > > > Back to the garage=85 > > Joe Hull > > Cozy Mk-IV #991 (In Phase1 Flight Test - 10.9 hrs flown) > > Redmond (Seattle), Washington > > >