---------------------------------------------------------- RV8-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 10/20/10: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:36 AM - Oil temp (Bill Judge) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:36:38 AM PST US From: Bill Judge Subject: RV8-List: Oil temp if you are worried about getting the water out of your oil then keep in mind, 212 F is the boiling point of water at sea level, at 10,000 ft it drops to 196 F, but the real deal, someone already pointed out: elsewhere in the engine the oil temp exceeds what is on your gauge. > Time: 08:05:31 AM PST US > From: Mark Merrell > Subject: Re: RV8-List: Re: Oil Cooler Mount Cracking... > > You really do want your oil temp to get above 212 degrees to boil out the w > ater & condensation that builds up. > - > Mark Merrell > RV-8 Empennage > > --- On Tue, 10/19/10, Bill Judge wrote: > > > From: Bill Judge > Subject: RV8-List: Re: Oil Cooler Mount Cracking... > > > I posted this in response on the RV list, it is one way to avoid the cracki > ng, figured it was worth posting here: > > > Matt, > I had the same type of cracking on my oil cooler after about 60 hrs. -I g > ot rid of my standard oil cooler and used a setrab 10 row with swivel angle > fittings. - > http://www.hrpworld.com/index.cfm?form_prod_id=276,587_823&action=produ > ct > http://www.hrpworld.com/index.cfm?form_prod_id=276,587_3397&action=prod > uct > It comes with straight in AN fittings but I swapped them out with one 90 an > d one 45 because that seemed to be the direction that the lines wanted to e > nter the cooler. -I was able to used the standard lines and just make som > e mods to accept the setrab cooler. -I also beefed up the bracing around > the cooler with 0.125 angle rather than whatever is standard. > > > The cooler is about 1/3 the size of standard and so there is much less weig > ht hanging on the baffles. -The firewall solution works fine but I really > didn't want to have the hoses "working" with the vibrations/shaking of the > engine. > > > 550 hrs now and no cracking and my oil temps never get above 200F. > > > The best part is that I was able to sell the standard oil cooler on ebay fo > r enough to cover the cost of the new cooler and fittings. > > > Bill Judge > N84WJ RV-8, 550 hrs > rv-8.blogspot.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv8-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV8-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv8-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv8-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.