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| Subject: | Re: Variable Oil Pressure Reading |
Once again John...
K.I.S.S. M.E.
You can argue theory all you want but it ALWAYS come down to what works!
Barry
On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 1:20 PM, JohnF <n29cx@ridgeviewtel.us> wrote:
>
> Thanks for your suggestions/ideas. As I suspected last evening at home
> while thinking over the problem it struck me that when doing the air purge
> after replacing fuel and oil hoses that upon reflection that evening that I
> had "pumped" a lot of oil out of the engine while doing the purging. I had
> originally put in 3-liters of new Aeroshell Sport Plus 4, but I suspected I
> had emptied too much while purging.
>
> This morning I refilled the oil to the top of the flats on the oil dip
> stick, purged the oil system again, buttoned up the plane, and ran it up.
>
> One thing I wanted to do is monitor the operation of the Thermostasis
> unit. It worked perfectly, and got me up to 50-degrees C in a few minutes,
> high enough to apply takeoff power if need be.
>
> The oil pressure was rock solid, moving from 66psi/81-degrees F, to
> 55psi-122-degrees F in those 3 or 4 minutes.
>
> Problem was low oil quantity...now fixed. Reminds me what a mechanic once
> told me: If you have a problem, look at the last thing you did.
>
> Seems good advise still.
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=470333#470333
>
>
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