---------------------------------------------------------- Stratus-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 11/19/06: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:57:51 AM PST US From: "gary" Subject: RE: Stratus-List: 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 -----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 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:09:37 AM PST US From: Don Walker Subject: Re: Stratus-List: 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 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 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 07:52:23 AM PST US From: "Kelly Meiste" Subject: Re: Stratus-List: 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" 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 > > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 11:37:45 AM PST US From: "gary" Subject: RE: Stratus-List: 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 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 05:31:43 PM PST US From: "Andy Fultz" Subject: RE: Stratus-List: 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. 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