Flashing Lane B light after initial start and warm up - Anyone else seen this ?
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Start up, wait for >50 C (or even wait for 63C) oil temp, whilst keeping rpm < 2500. Then as soon as the RPM is advanced to 3400, Lane B starts flashing. The G3X FADEC message reports,
"Lane B Status - Advisory"
"Oil Temperature x Sensor Fault"
However the oil temp is fine and the problem goes away after Lane B is recycled. Problem does not recur during taxi or flight. Only comes back after the engine cools and is restarted.
I did a BUDS download, as a result, Rotax suggest it's because there's is too wide a differential between water coolant temperature (>100C) and Oil (>52 C) at the point when the RPM is advanced above 2500. The plane had no engine probelms in its first 100 hrs. It only recently started happening, but now every start up. So what's changed.
Has anyone got a flashing Lane B on start up. Any ideas how to solve this ?
Actions so far.
Looking at the G3X engine logs over the first years flying (120 hrs), it looks like the coolant temperature is 10 to 20C higher than at the beginning of the season.
The resistance of the coolant sensor has been checked against indicated temperature and the ohm values are consistent with the values in the heavy maintenance manual.
All auto style connectors on the ignition coils have been crimped tight. Extra P clips added. Wiring to oil temp sensor checked for chafing and cable tied firmly.
Aircraft is a new build Sling TSI 915iS standard install, no thermostats in oil or coolant lines.