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Some aircraft use screen oil filter cartridges; I searched a little but,
unfortunately nothing I found listed a mesh size.
On 1/20/2022 11:49 AM, Pat Horne wrote:
> Funny, the only filter I had any experience with was also old VWs!
>
> Peace,
> Pat
>
> Pat Horne
> We support Habitat for Humanity
>
>
> On Jan 20, 2022, at 1:05 PM, Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> 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.
>
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 13:49 old dirtbeard <dirtbeard@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
> 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.)?
> I am looking at these options from McMaster-Carr:
> https://www.mcmaster.com/.../low-pressure-bronze-y.../...
>
> <https://www.mcmaster.com/filter-screens/low-pressure-bronze-y-strainers-8/?fbclid=IwAR3zzH6D3awtNoVHjkpnQ2vcwzMnH_M7fIyf4jpnLguZLAw9Kfy1FBZzfLw>
> 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.
> 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.
> Thank you very much!
>
> --
> Best,
> doug
>
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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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<div>Peace,</div>
<div>Pat<br>
<br>
<div dir="ltr">Pat HorneÂ
<div>We support Habitat for Humanity</div>
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On Jan 20, 2022, at 1:05 PM, Jeff Scarbrough
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:fishplate@gmail.com";><fishplate@gmail.com></a> wrote:<br>
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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>
<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 20, 2022,
13:49 old dirtbeard <<a
href="mailto:dirtbeard@gmail.com"; moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">dirtbeard@gmail.com</a>>
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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";
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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>
<div><br>
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<div dir="ltr">Best,
<div>doug</div>
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