Return-Path: Received: from imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.67] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 548699 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:25:24 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.67; envelope-from=atlasyts@bellsouth.net Received: from [65.11.38.225] by imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20041129002453.MMRR2049.imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net@[65.11.38.225]> for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:24:53 -0500 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.4.030702.0 Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:27:44 -0500 Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Another precautionary landing From: Bulent Aliev To: Rotary motors in aircraft Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit On 11/28/04 7:16 PM, "Ed Anderson" wrote: > John, sorry to hear about your problems. Here is a shot in the dark. You > mentioned you changed your oil and filter before the flight- you did not > indicate whether you had any oil problems before you changed the filter. > Filter internals have been known to collapse or otherwise obstruct oil flow. > Impeded oil flow could account from both the low pressure as well as the > high oil temperatures. > > If indeed these problems did not exist before the oil change -I would > strongly suspect the only new component in your oil system - the oil filter. > > FWIW > > Ed Anderson You maybe right Ed. Last time I looked at his fuel filter, this thing was tiny. I'm using a filter element that is 4-5 times bigger for less restriction. Hope it works better? Bulent