We had a similar concern, i.e. that the oil temp never got higher than
180 degF in the winter time. We found that the standard Rotax oil temp
sender location is in the coolest part of the system, just after the oil
cooler. We put another temp transducer at the inlet to the oil
reservoir, and found the oil temp there to be 48 degF hotter (in the
climb) than at the standard location. The temp was 40 degF hotter there
in cruise (75%, 5.3 gph). This is all on a mono-wheel XS with Rotax 912S.
regards,
Terry Seaver
Simon Smith wrote:
>
>
>
>
>>The hottest I saw the H2O temperature on my engine monitor was 100C and the
>>
>>
>oil never got
>
>
>>that high. I attribute this to the cooling mods I have done to the intake
>>
>>
>and exit air and the relocation of the oil cooler.
>
>I thought that is was important that the oil temp did go above 100C / 212F
>to boil off any water vapour in the oil.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Simon
>advertising on the Matronics Forums.
>
>
>
>
|