Hi! Fred
I GUESS you are talking Rotax but I have made my Jabiru oil cooling
circuit controllable see my Oil Cooler Mod at "Bob Harrison's Europa
G-PTAG on the http://www.crixbinfield.freeserve.co.uk/europa.htm I
don't believe in letting the cooler be permanently in circuit since I
had a major leak fortunately over a short flight. As a thermostat system
must pass some oil to sense the temperature you wouldn't now about oil
loss until the donkey stops!
Regards
Bob Harrison.
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From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Fred
Fillinger
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Two points
> ...
> Secondly. Has anyone fitted an oil-stat in the oil lines
> to the oil cooler ? Mine is always running cold, even with
> various baffles/blanking plates around the radiator. An
> oil stat might help. I had one on my rally car years ago.
>
It's a restriction when cold, so you can't put it in the line coming
---From the sump. The only place to put it is in the supply line to the
oil pump, but still a restriction when cold. For purposes of flight,
such experimentation doesn't suit me at least. :-) In the rally car
setup, I'll guess the oil cooler is an add-on, set up so if not
needed, the engine cools its oil like on all our cars driven in a more
conservative manner?
Reg,
Fred F.
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