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Some aircraft use screen oil filter cartridges; I searched a little
but, unfortunately nothing I found listed a mesh size.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/20/2022 11:49 AM, Pat Horne wrote:<br>
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Funny, the only filter I had any experience with was also old VWs!
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On Jan 20, 2022, at 1:05 PM, Jeff Scarbrough
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<div dir="auto">The only oil strainer I'm familiar with is the
one on air-cooled Volkswagens. Seems like it's something
under a millimeter....so less than 0.04" or so. Getting
into 20 or 30 mesh, if I read the chart correctly.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">Hi guys, </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">
</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">Does anybody know what would be the approximate appropriate mesh size of the screens used to filter engine oil feeding out of the oil tanks or frames on old British bikes (e.g., mesh size of 20, 40, 60, etc.)? </div></div>
<div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">I am looking at these options from McMaster-Carr: </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><a href="https://www.mcmaster.com/filter-screens/low-pressure-bronze-y-strainers-8/?fbclid=IwAR3zzH6D3awtNoVHjkpnQ2vcwzMnH_M7fIyf4jpnLguZLAw9Kfy1FBZzfLw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" role="link" style="text-decoration-line:none;outline:none;list-style:none;border-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;padding:0px;margin:0px;background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;display:inline;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.mcmaster.com/.../low-pressure-bronze-y.../...</a></span></div></div>
<div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">I have added a paper filter on the return-side, so mostly I really want to filter the debris that may come out of the frame until the paper filter has had a chance to entirely clean the reservoir. </div></div>
<div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">Too large of a mesh and it will not stop the debris, of course, but too small and it would restrict/block the gravity flow of the oil.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">
</div><div style="font-family:inherit">Thank you very much!</div></div>
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