X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from zixvpm1.fdic.gov ([167.176.6.41] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.8) with ESMTPS id 4425183 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:46:12 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=167.176.6.41; envelope-from=brogers@fdic.gov Received: from zixvpm1.fdic.gov (ZixVPM [127.0.0.1]) by Outbound.fdic.gov (Proprietary) with ESMTP id 080A19406FC for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:45:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.fdic.gov (mail.fdic.gov [10.30.1.5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by zixvpm1.fdic.gov (Proprietary) with ESMTP id 6958C9406FD for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:45:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ([151.174.14.14]) by mail.fdic.gov with ESMTP id 5502665.1517250; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:45:31 -0400 Received: from DALEXC100P.PROD.FDIC.GOV ([172.26.81.152]) by dalexc001p.PROD.FDIC.GOV with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.7381); Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:45:31 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Low oil level Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:45:29 -0500 Message-ID: <1F44A251F397E444B05E240B8688AB7907AF30AE@DALEXC100P.PROD.FDIC.GOV> In-Reply-To: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Low oil level Thread-Index: Acs4lgj9lZ79ZYsvT+C+VKJfCwodVwAAesbg References: From: "Rogers, Bob J." To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Aug 2010 14:45:31.0090 (UTC) FILETIME=[AE51B320:01CB389A] The device is mounted in the side of the oil pan, about midway. When about half of the oil is gone from the pan, a float touches a contact that completes an electrical circuit and allows a light in the circuit to illuminate. Then you know that the oil level is dangerously low. This warning device should not be substituted for a pre-flight oil check, because you could be almost three quarts low and not know it. The sensor shown at this page for Aircraft Spruce might work better, because it activates much earlier, when the oil is maybe one quart low. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/inpages/lowoil.php Bob Rogers Mustang II with Mazda Turbo 13B=20 -----Original Message----- From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of dlomheim@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 9:12 AM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Low oil level I have heard that the 13B has a low oil level device (that turned on a light in the car?). Can someone briefly explain how that works? Float switch system, etc. The way my inititial intake pipes are routed I won't be able to check oil so would like to use this or a similar swiched device to know if oil level is down... Thanks. Doug / RV-9A FWF Sent on the Sprint(r) Now Network from my BlackBerry(r)=20 -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html