Put exactly the air pressure into the accumulator that you want to maintain
as a minimum. When oil pressure is higher than that the piston will be
pushed to the air end "accumulating" oil. When pressure drops below the
preset the piston will be pushed toward the oil end forcing the oil
"accumulated" into the bearings where you want it.
In a message dated 5/2/2011 11:02:34 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
igofaster@att.net writes:
Purchased a new oil cooler for the GT6. Still waiting word on the
'autopsy' on
the engine. I also pulled the 3 quart Accusump to send back for
refurbishing.
Maybe I should have looked at that sooner. There was more sludge in the
tank
than I would have guessed. So... is that a regular maintenance item we
should be
looking at? Another question, there is a relief valve (like a tire stem) I
bled
too. There was a bit of air and pressure still in the unit when I drained
but
before I purged the air.
When the tank returns, is it self pressurizing? Do we actually put a small
amount of air pressure in the tank?
Curious...
Bobby Whitehead
no plans for a Miata swap in ANY Triumph....
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From: Robert M. Lang <lang@isis.mit.edu>
To: fot@autox.team.net
Sent: Mon, May 2, 2011 10:02:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Oil Cooler
Hi,
You know, sometimes you read a post and the "the light comes on".
I pulled my TR6 engine to fix an oil leak, blah blah. All fixed and
reinstalled.
I run an event last weekend. No probs. Just a couple of drips from the oil
filter head.
So, I do my fluids-check and nutnboltcheck and the engine is down a quart.
I
look EVERYWHERE for evidence of an oil leak. I figure being down a quart
is a
lot considering that I made three 60-second autocross runs, so there sould
be a
giant puddle in the trailer or a lot of oil on the frame - nope. nothing.
no
puddles, no drips.
Doh - I forgot that I had purged the oil cooler lines!
Question answered.
Thanks for the thread!
rml
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