Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 22:00:02 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-m05.mx.aol.com ([64.12.136.8] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1b2) with ESMTP id 2101056 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 01 Apr 2003 17:33:04 -0500 Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-m05.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.21.) id q.78.3c2720ea (3850) for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 17:32:47 -0500 (EST) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <78.3c2720ea.2bbb6d8e@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 17:32:46 EST Subject: Re: [LML] IO-320 / Hartzell Prop Strange RPM Behavior (Long) X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_78.3c2720ea.2bbb6d8e_boundary" X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 840 --part1_78.3c2720ea.2bbb6d8e_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Queue-Tip, 1. Is this a "normal" certified engine or was it experimented on? The usual place for a temperature sensor is in the oil filter adapter area. The usual place for oil pressure is at the seven or eight oclock position from the right upper engine mount and fairly close by. Note that the oil temp and pressure will be different than the engine standards if unusual locations are used. 2. Is the governor forward mounted or at the lower rear of the accessory case with an oil transfer line from the right forward case back to the gov? 3. Why not contact the builder and ask about the unusual setup? Perhaps this engine was set up with some oil channel plugged. 4. Go back to the way it was? I f the Oil pressure was really outrageously high, you would have been using oil (or see it weeping from the case) and maybe even blowing the crank seals. Good Luck! Scott Krueger Sky2high@aol.com LNC2 N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR) --part1_78.3c2720ea.2bbb6d8e_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Queue-Tip,

1. Is this a "normal" certified engine or was it experimented on?

The usual place for a temperature sensor is in the oil filter adapter area.&= nbsp; The usual place for oil pressure is at the seven or eight oclock posit= ion from the right upper engine mount and fairly close by.  Note that t= he oil temp and pressure will be different than the engine standards if unus= ual locations are used. 

2.  Is the governor forward mounted or at the lower rear of the accesso= ry case with an oil transfer line from the right forward case back to the go= v?

3.  Why not contact the builder and ask about the unusual setup? =20= Perhaps this engine was set up with some oil channel plugged. 

4.  Go back to the way it was?  I f the Oil pressure was really ou= trageously high, you would have been using oil (or see it weeping from the c= ase) and maybe even blowing the crank seals.

Good Luck!

Scott Krueger
Sky2high@aol.com
LNC2 N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR) --part1_78.3c2720ea.2bbb6d8e_boundary--