[Fot] Oil Cooler

[Kramer, Robert]

I use 20 psi

Bob Kramer
Texas Rental Manager
RDO Equipment Company
16415 N. IH 35  Pflugerville, TX 78660
512-687-7422 Office
512-657-8526 Cell


Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn
out. ~John Wooden


-----Original Message-----
From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of Gt6steve at aol.com
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 2:08 PM
To: igofaster at att.net
Cc: FOT at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] Oil Cooler

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 at 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....




________________________________
From:  Robert M. Lang <lang at isis.mit.edu>
To: fot at 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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