Todd,
The oil pump is a positive displacement pump, and
flow will be proportional to rpm. Does your oil cooler have a
thermostat?
I agree that it sounds like you have local boiling
when the flow is low and the power increases rapidly.
Bill
I don't have a OAT sensor on my plane
but the ground temp was 9C. I took it up to 13000, where it should have been ~
-17C. Oddly enough I seem to have a constant 20C delta T on the coolant but
the oil delta T will vary between 5 and 20 degrees depending on power load.
The temperature controller works very well to keep the temp at 85C except
during a full power climb where it will gradually close on 100C even pumping
full speed. I also don't have fuel flow right now, but I hope to both and much
more as soon as the EM2 is available.
I have a switch which allows me to bypass the controller
and apply buss power directly to the pump. While doing circuits I was closely
watching the cooling temp/press/flow. During descent all three would decrease
and the pump would flow minimum coolant as it tried to maintain temp, however
what concerned me was that I'd touch down then apply full power for a climb
out, I'd see a sudden spike in the pressure, followed a few seconds later by a
temp increase and an immediate increase in flow rate. This indicates (to me)
possible localized boiling in the block for a few seconds until the flow
increases again, reducing the pressure. For this reason I've taken to
switching the pump to bypass the controller while practicing touch &
goes.
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