X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:54:36 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mai.purplehat.net ([66.103.244.5] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.6) with ESMTPS id 922708 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:10:53 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.103.244.5; envelope-from=lorn@dynacomm.ws Received: from adsl-69-209-142-213.dsl.sfldmi.ameritech.net ([69.209.142.213] helo=[10.0.1.202]) by mai.purplehat.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1EwoAN-0004Ia-4T; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:10:03 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed X-Original-Message-Id: <8517F5DB-BF59-4AF1-94F1-BBD2C8524DBA@dynacomm.ws> X-Original-Cc: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Lorn H Olsen Subject: Re: low fuel pressure indication X-Original-Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:10:02 -0500 X-Original-To: List Lancair X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - mai.purplehat.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lancaironline.net X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - dynacomm.ws X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: My fuel pressure usually reads 3 lbs. I have a VM-800. On takeoff it =20 will sometimes start beeping and show a pressure of .5 to 1.5 lbs. =20 When and if I turn on the electric pump the pressure goes up to about =20= 4 lbs. I have an O-320 engine. At full throttle, full rich and 1,000 =20 ft my fuel consumption is 11.5 GPH and my EGT's read 1,520=B0F. > Gerard, > ...the fuel pressure normally sits at 2 psi, just above redline in =20 > the cruise, but intermittently (and apparently spontaneously) =20 > wanders to 5psi before returning to 2 psi. -- Lorn H. 'Feathers' Olsen, MAA, DynaComm, Corp. 248-345-0500, mailto:lorn@dynacomm.ws LNC2, O-320-D1F, 1,100 hrs, N31161, Y47, SE Michigan