Hi all,
Now that my leak is fixed and I'm flying, I noticed the oil pressure dropping from 35 at 2000 rpms to 25 at 3000 rpms when I was waiting for it to warm up yesterday.
As the rpms are raised the pressure goes down, I'm assuming this is from the bypass?
On take off, pressure was going down to 25 psi and for a short field takeoff, climbing at Vx and 950ft per minute, pressure dropped to 20 psi. When I leveled off it was in the green again
The guage on my plane is yellow from 30 psi to 12, then red. Because it was in the yellow, I was concerned.
I checked the operators manual and min is 12 and I believe max was 70.
Is hitting 20 psi normal for takeoff?
I have the old bypass bolt, should this be replaced to the new style with the cone instead of the ball?
I also have some fluctuations every 5 or 10 seconds during warm up, nothing like the video on here. So I tightened all the ground screws. Are these fluctuations normal also?
Sorry for so many questions, since it's new to me I don't what her normal is yet.
Any input would be appreciated!
Thank you
Now that my leak is fixed and I'm flying, I noticed the oil pressure dropping from 35 at 2000 rpms to 25 at 3000 rpms when I was waiting for it to warm up yesterday.
As the rpms are raised the pressure goes down, I'm assuming this is from the bypass?
On take off, pressure was going down to 25 psi and for a short field takeoff, climbing at Vx and 950ft per minute, pressure dropped to 20 psi. When I leveled off it was in the green again
The guage on my plane is yellow from 30 psi to 12, then red. Because it was in the yellow, I was concerned.
I checked the operators manual and min is 12 and I believe max was 70.
Is hitting 20 psi normal for takeoff?
I have the old bypass bolt, should this be replaced to the new style with the cone instead of the ball?
I also have some fluctuations every 5 or 10 seconds during warm up, nothing like the video on here. So I tightened all the ground screws. Are these fluctuations normal also?
Sorry for so many questions, since it's new to me I don't what her normal is yet.
Any input would be appreciated!
Thank you
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