Dan Reagan wrote:
About 10 flight hours ago my #4 EGT
dicided to start running about 150 degrees less than the others. This is
a FADEC engine so there is a possibility of injector problems but other than
that please give me some ideas what has changed. The temp shows
approximate correct ambient temp when shut down overnight.
Dan,
Try to isolate whether this is a cylinder problem or a
probe/connector problem by trading sensors and connections between cylinders if
possible. If you have enough lead wire, switch EGT probes between #4 and another
cylinder. Leave the probes connected to their original wires going to you
monitor. Test run the engine. If #4 on your monitor still indicates 150
degrees low, you have a defective sensor or wiring. If the cold cylinder now
shows to be the one that you swapped above, you have a problem with #4
cylinder.
The more likely event is a defective probe or wiring. You
can further isolate this by changing the probe connections so the #4 cylinder
is again hooked to the wiring for #4 in your monitoring system. Use the
same logic as above to decide whether you have a defective probe or bad wiring.
Hope this helps.
Bob P