X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-qy0-f134.google.com ([209.85.221.134] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTP id 3533549 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:19:31 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.221.134; envelope-from=msteitle@gmail.com Received: by qyk40 with SMTP id 40so855442qyk.7 for ; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:18:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=2JJ6qBWc60ZtrWkxABgSlCKPab9vTEwT6vkwd8HmSS8=; b=ZaJ2XsftjaiPKNno/w8VylKt4R/RsI66Jxn9snDJgqpTfWsD37T6anLW3vtWyEUSMx DeJkxBX8HCpGXl3UroGCz5Tm/nRWs9/SGmwIiyFY+tzd0XbpjQGx1O4TAhHo4QTQsuiA 1RriWGlI3+SlOdbNJa9BvON3dZKSDPizjckas= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=I9SwczoCOfmHUXM9tUqWa7Yv/jTYNdR2cc53vTloB1GvX3WiUNrtDHJqoF/Q8QbKDJ DuKk82KXzCmpoP7+FbzsDLoO4YLPxKylFEDhscNjmTiHRSqw2ljIKKzfD1wxagWtkYru uJuqlX+n9TFqKCAzoYvVus4b1JrYwRCpnWd8Q= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.21.169 with SMTP id j41mr6437864qab.61.1236561536000; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:18:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 20:18:55 -0500 Message-ID: <5cf132c0903081818v586a2ecfjdbf3ec4f9d2744d2@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] I've got oil pressure! From: Mark Steitle To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00151751171a18a2cc0464a56bc4 --00151751171a18a2cc0464a56bc4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable That's great news Chris. Glad you figured out the problem. Mark S. On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 7:23 PM, The Mallorys wro= te: > I made some good progress this weekend. After trying to prime the oil > pump and still not getting any oil flow, I broke down and removed the pan= . > There was the culprit, big as day. I had a kink in the oil pickup line. > Because I am installing an inverted oil system, I have to run the line fr= om > the pump back out the pan to the inverted oil ball valve. This line need= ed > a bend, and I thought the hose could handle it, but I was wrong. SO I > replaced the bend with metal parts, and reassembled everything. Now I=92= ve > got 60 PSI. I also burped the coolant, and that system seems to be worki= ng > too. > > > > I did find a couple of leaks that will have to be fixed, but that is all > minor work. > > > > Thanks all for the helpful words! > > > > Getting closer every day. > > > > Chris > --00151751171a18a2cc0464a56bc4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable That's great news Chris.=A0 Glad you figured out the problem.=A0
Mark S.

On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 7:23 PM,= The Mallorys <candtmallory@cebridge.net> wrote:

I made some good progress this weekend.=A0 After trying to prime the oil pump and still not getting any oil flow, I broke down and removed the pan.=A0 There was the culprit, big as day.=A0 I had a kink in the oil pickup line.=A0 Because I am installing an inverted oil system, I have to run the line from the pump back out the pan to the inverted oil bal= l valve.=A0 This line needed a bend, and I thought the hose could handle it, but I was wrong.=A0 SO I replaced the bend with metal parts, and reassemble= d everything.=A0 Now I=92ve got 60 PSI.=A0 I also burped the coolant, and that system seems to be working too.

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I did find a couple of leaks that will have to be fixed, but that is all minor work.

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Thanks all for the helpful words!

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Getting closer every day.

=A0

Chris


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