X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mxo5.broadbandsupport.net ([209.55.3.85] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTP id 3522687 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:58:55 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.55.3.85; envelope-from=candtmallory@cebridge.net Return-Path: Received: from [24.32.44.30] ([24.32.44.30:50263] helo=home) by mxo5.broadbandsupport.net (ecelerity 2.1.1.23 r(18304)) with ESMTP id F7/29-17060-62F2BA94 for ; Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:58:14 -0500 From: "The Mallorys" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: Still low oil pressure Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 18:58:08 -0600 Message-ID: <000001c99ad1$f42927b0$dc7b7710$@net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0001_01C99A9F.A98EB7B0" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: Acma0fOC6lkxOlz1ShCIbN5laVEcKQ== Content-Language: en-us This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C99A9F.A98EB7B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit No luck today. I filled the line out of the engine just after the pump, then cranked it over with the starter. I did get a little flow, but not very much. I reconnected the hose, and added components as I went, checking that I had oil flow after each. Still had flow after the cooler and just barely a trickle after the filter, where the oil should go back into the engine. From this I am thinking either I am not picking up enough oil, or the pump isn't pumping enough oil. The only way I can think to eliminate the oil pickup as a problem is to drop the pan, and feed directly into the engine from a container. This will be a little bit of a pain, as I will have to remove the radiator, drain the pan, then remove it. I don't know how to check the pump. Any ideas or suggestions? Is there a way to check it without removing the rear eccentric shaft bolt? It was a royal pain to remove last time, and I really don't want to have to remove it again if there is another way to check that the pump is pumping. I am not using the apex seal oil pump. All I did was cap off the hole on the outside of the block, and left all the internal parts. I don't think this should make a difference, but thought I would mention it in case. Chris ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C99A9F.A98EB7B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

No luck today.

I filled the line out of the engine just after the = pump, then cranked it over with the starter. I did get a little flow, = but not very much. I reconnected the hose, and added components as I went, checking that I had oil flow after each. Still had flow after the = cooler and just barely a trickle after the filter, where the oil should go back = into the engine. From this I am thinking either I am not picking up = enough oil, or the pump isn’t pumping enough oil.

The only way I can think to eliminate the oil = pickup as a problem is to drop the pan, and feed directly into the engine from a = container. This will be a little bit of a pain, as I will have to remove the = radiator, drain the pan, then remove it.

I don’t know how to check the pump. Any = ideas or suggestions? Is there a way to check it without removing the rear = eccentric shaft bolt? It was a royal pain to remove last time, and I really = don’t want to have to remove it again if there is another way to check that = the pump is pumping.

I am not using the apex seal oil pump. All I = did was cap off the hole on the outside of the block, and left all the internal parts. I don’t think this should make a difference, but = thought I would mention it in case.

Chris

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