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1. 04:57 AM - Re: Oil Filter Cooler (gary)
2. 05:09 AM - Re: Oil Filter Cooler (Don Walker)
3. 07:52 AM - Re: Oil Filter Cooler (Kelly Meiste)
4. 11:37 AM - Re: Oil Filter Cooler (gary)
5. 05:31 PM - Re: Oil Filter Cooler (Andy Fultz)
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| Subject: | Oil Filter Cooler |
Hey Jim,
Yup, I'm still here. I was wondering about those too. I thought my
cooling was perfect but after moving to TX, I found it was on the edge
during the summer. I opened my inlet more and that let me fly thru the
summer but I still had to step climb to keep it cool. I hate to go with
an oil cooler so I'm interested in any options. I'm hoping that a new
cowling design will do it. Maybe the larger oil pan from RAM? Maybe an
air duct to the oil filter in addition to the fins? Maybe an oil cooler
is best, we'll see.
gary
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From: owner-stratus-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-stratus-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Jim Weston
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 10:36 PM
Subject: Stratus-List: Oil Filter Cooler
Is anyone still using this list? I have a question. Has anyone tried
putting cooling fins on the oil filter to help with summer time oil
cooling
problems? I purchased some clamp on fins from J.C. Whitney a while
back,
but haven't ever installed them. Just wondering if anyone has tried
this
and if it did any good. During July and August here in the south I have
to
watch my temps pretty closely and keep the cruise rpm down a bit.
Thanks,
Jim Weston
CH601HDS with Stratus since 1998
Concord, Georgia
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| Subject: | Re: Oil Filter Cooler |
Hi Jim,
Yes, I did the very same thing with no effect, though the ones I used were
small.
Jim, I live in Longview, Texas, as you may remember, and flying in the high nineties
is a regular thing in the summer.
My oil temp rarely exceeds 190 degrees now. I haven't seen it reach 200 in over
four years even in the hottest weather. I attribute this to two things.
1. My muffler is totally wrapped in a heat muff with air pasing over it all the
time. this alone will reduce oil temp by as much as thirty degrees.
2. I have an adjustable door/window in the cowling directly in front of the oil
pan...and baffles on the lower cowl along either side of the oil pan to direct
flow. In the winter I have to close it to heat the oil and warm up more quickly.
This door is simply a square piece of sheet with an angle added on the
lower edge for handle on the inside to slide it up and down. It is through bolted
with little round head bolts...one on each side to hold it at one of three
settings: wide open, medium and nearly closed.
Jim Weston <k4cod@bellsouth.net> wrote:
Is anyone still using this list? I have a question. Has anyone tried
putting cooling fins on the oil filter to help with summer time oil cooling
problems? I purchased some clamp on fins from J.C. Whitney a while back,
but haven't ever installed them. Just wondering if anyone has tried this
and if it did any good. During July and August here in the south I have to
watch my temps pretty closely and keep the cruise rpm down a bit.
Thanks,
Jim Weston
CH601HDS with Stratus since 1998
Concord, Georgia
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| Subject: | Re: Oil Filter Cooler |
Jim,
Yes I installed the JCW fins on my oil filter.
I also purchased the JCW remote oil filter kit. I now have my oil filter
under the belly of the plan approx under the passengers feet. This kit also
allows for an oil fitter that's twice the size of the wix filter that is
used on a stock installation. This setup allows for very easy oil filter
changes (I like that). Also with the large oil filter and approx 6 feet of
oil line to fill I now run an extra qt of oil in my system. The location of
the oil filter with the heat sink fins installed acts like a small oil
cooler.
My oil temp is much more stable now under all conditions. My oil temps in
the summer still run in the 215 - 220 range but like I said it seems to hold
there better without a sudden up swing in oil temp if I climb. The stable
oil temp really helps keep the water temps down also.
My installation has the exhaust wrap plus a heat shield between the muffler
and oil pan, and a additional air scoop just below the oil pan.
Photos of these installations are available if you wish to see them.
BUT if I lived in TX I think I would opt for the installation of a small oil
cooler.
Kelly Meiste
601 HD (150 hrs)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Weston" <k4cod@bellsouth.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 10:36 PM
Subject: Stratus-List: Oil Filter Cooler
>
> Is anyone still using this list? I have a question. Has anyone tried
> putting cooling fins on the oil filter to help with summer time oil
> cooling
> problems? I purchased some clamp on fins from J.C. Whitney a while back,
> but haven't ever installed them. Just wondering if anyone has tried this
> and if it did any good. During July and August here in the south I have
> to
> watch my temps pretty closely and keep the cruise rpm down a bit.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim Weston
> CH601HDS with Stratus since 1998
> Concord, Georgia
>
>
>
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| Subject: | Oil Filter Cooler |
1. My muffler is totally wrapped in a heat muff with air pasing
over it all the time. this alone will reduce oil temp by as much as
thirty degrees.
I had to remove the stock exhaust to get my oil temps anywhere near
normal. It was ceramic coated and wrapped, and I tried a simple heat
shield that didn't seem to work so I made both pipes go straight back
into a single muffler under the belly. That improved my temps a lot.
That was with an enclosed cowling. Then I opened the bottom like the
zeniths and that helped a lot. I'd like to enclose the cowling again so
I'll be reworking everything soon. I spose the oil cooler makes sense.
gary
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| Subject: | Oil Filter Cooler |
Jim,
Have you got plenty of airflow over the oilpan? That's all it took on a
friends AVID.
Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-stratus-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-stratus-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Jim Weston
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 10:36 PM
Subject: Stratus-List: Oil Filter Cooler
Is anyone still using this list? I have a question. Has anyone tried
putting cooling fins on the oil filter to help with summer time oil cooling
problems? I purchased some clamp on fins from J.C. Whitney a while back,
but haven't ever installed them. Just wondering if anyone has tried this
and if it did any good. During July and August here in the south I have to
watch my temps pretty closely and keep the cruise rpm down a bit.
Thanks,
Jim Weston
CH601HDS with Stratus since 1998
Concord, Georgia
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