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Old 02-01-2018, 02:36 PM
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Does the vernatherm not inhibit oil from getting to the cooler until it reaches whatever temp that causes it to open?
No it doesn't.

It provides a by-pass path around the cooler, but it doesn't shut off the path through the cooler.
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Old 02-02-2018, 08:22 PM
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Scott, the reason I asked the question was due to a recent experience I had flying around at -20 Celsius. My oil temp was about 135 so I asked a fellow (very experienced) rv?r who has the same engine if I should block off most of my cooler and give it another try. He told me no oil was going through my cooler until the oil reaches about 180 and that is when the vernatherm forces it to do so. He also said the excess cold air coming through the cowl was the problem and told me to duck tape off some of the inlet air instead. So he was indicating there would be little to no flow going through the cooler until the oil heats up?
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Old 02-02-2018, 09:23 PM
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Allan has a new shutter product engineered with van's as the model.

https://antisplataero.com/products/o...er-air-shutter

This is the route I took, Happy
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Old 02-02-2018, 10:23 PM
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This is the route I took, Happy
I have one of the earlier ones from Van's, same design, and it works *fantastically*. I just used a (very nice locking) push-pull McFarlane cable for it, and I can very precisely control the oil temps.
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Old 02-03-2018, 04:34 AM
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I have one of the earlier ones from Van's, same design, and it works *fantastically*. I just used a (very nice locking) push-pull McFarlane cable for it, and I can very precisely control the oil temps.
Did the same with the same result.
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