Chrissi,
My own opinion is that after warm up and in flight the
oil temp leaving the engine before the
coolers (air or water to oil) will almost always be well above
160-180 F..............If it is not this
high then the oil to water cooler will actually help warm it to a more
efficient temp.........IMHO
Somebody correct me if this is a fallacy
!!.......................<:)
Kelly Troyer
"DYKE DELTA JD2" (Eventually)
"13B ROTARY"_ Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"MISTRAL"_Backplate/Oil
Manifold
"TURBONETICS"_TO4E50 Turbo
From: "CozyGirrrl@aol.com"
<CozyGirrrl@aol.com>
To:
keltro@att.net
Sent: Mon,
December 13, 2010 12:52:06 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: [FlyRotary] Re: Fw: Water
temps
This is where I get confused:
said previously,
-ideal water temp = 160*~180*F
-ideal oil temp = 160*F
If we are cooling oil with water that is at best hotter than the ideal temp
of the oil, then are we not adding heat to it rather than removing it?
If we are trying to cool oil, why would we feed the highest temp water to
the oil/water cooler rather than the coolest temp water by tapping into the pump
housing where it enters the block?
Based on feedback, the water entering the block may be as low as
150*~160*F, would this be cool enough to do an adequate job of cooling the
oil?
Also, which model of Mocal is being used?
...Chrissi