Most common cause of hot running is excessive 'blow-by' from worn rings. Craig N2623H [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 6/27/00 1:20:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > I am working on a 415 E with an 0-200 conversion. Ever since this > > conversion was done ther has been a problem with the oil getting too > > hot > > How hot? (How many degrees hotter than ambient?) > > Are there any cooling mods called out in the STC? (if applicable) > > Have you verified the accuracy of the gauge? > > Are you running the O-200 oil tank with at least 5 quarts? > > Is the plenum under the engine that blows on the tank in good shape? > > Last resort: One good way to lower the oil temp on these small > Continentals > is to put a blast tube that blows on the oil screen housing. And no, it > doesn't just cool the gauge sensor (commonly offered old wive's tale). > It > cools the oil that the gauge sits in, which is all the oil, as the > screen is > full flow. >
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