X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from securemail.ever-tek.com ([64.129.170.194] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.9) with ESMTP id 4489023 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:02:48 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.129.170.194; envelope-from=cbarber@texasattorney.net Received: from fcd-mail06.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([2002:404:40b::404:40b]) by FCD-MAIL06.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([::1]) with mapi; Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:01:56 -0500 From: Chris Barber To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil Pressure Loss Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil Pressure Loss Thread-Index: AQHLYWSIIp2sZqpr+kGhh9NweZ4iu5MsH0rH Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 14:00:26 +0000 Message-ID: <2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D30326A25CD@FCD-MAIL06.FCDATA.PRIVATE> References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D30326A25CDFCDMAIL06FCDATA_" MIME-Version: 1.0 --_000_2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D30326A25CDFCDMAIL06FCDATA_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yes, I have had good pressure in the past. I have over 40 hours on the eng= ine. Thanks Chris ________________________________ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [flyrotary@lancaironline.net] on behalf of = Finn Lassen [finn.lassen@verizon.net] Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 7:29 AM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil Pressure Loss Did you have good oil pressure prior to this? From experience I can tell you that oil filters are not bi-directional. In on the perimeter. Out in center. Any way you accidentally have reversed in and out? I had mine plumbed the wrong way for many hours. Each time I replaced the oil filter I had to "break" the membrane that work= s as the "one-way-valve" before oild could flow and I could get pressure. Finn On 9/28/2010 10:42 PM, Chris Barber wrote: In the never ending tradition of two step forward and three steps back, I w= as working on my RPM drop out at 6000 rmp (messed with seveal resistors to = no avail). As I was sitting on the ramp at idle for a few minutes, focusin= g on the RPM's I glanced over at the Oil Pressure and noted it was flashing= as an alert and was showing almost NO oil pressure (4 or 5 psi). I instan= tly shut down the engine. The engine appeared to be running fine before I shut it down. I checked th= e wire to the back of the engine monitor and all was fine. I also checked = the continutiy of the wire to the sensor and it was good. I started the en= gine again and it started fine and seem to run fine, however, the OP did no= t kick in so I shut it down again --_000_2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D30326A25CDFCDMAIL06FCDATA_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Yes, I have had good pressure in the past.  I have over 40 h= ours on the engine.
 
Thanks
 
Chris
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [flyrotary= @lancaironline.net] on behalf of Finn Lassen [finn.lassen@verizon.net]
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 7:29 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil Pressure Loss

Did you have good oil pressure prior to this?

From experience I can tell you that oil filters are not bi-directional. In on the perimeter.
Out in center.
Any way you accidentally have reversed in and out?
I had mine plumbed the wrong way for many hours.
Each time I replaced the oil filter I had to "break" the membrane= that works as the "one-way-valve" before oild could flow and I c= ould get pressure.

Finn

On 9/28/2010 10:42 PM, Chris Barber wrote:
In the never ending tradition of two step forward and three steps back= , I was working on my RPM drop out at 6000 rmp (messed with sevea= l resistors to no avail).  As I was sitting on the ramp at idle f= or a few minutes, focusing on the RPM's I glanced over at the Oil Pressure and noted it was flashing as an alert and was showing = almost NO oil pressure (4 or 5 psi).  I instantly shut down the engine= . 
 
The engine appeared to be running fine before I shut it down.  I = checked the wire to the back of the engine monitor and all was fine.  = I also checked the continutiy of the wire to the sensor and it was goo= d.  I started the engine again and it started fine and seem to run fine, however, the OP did not kick in so I shut it down ag= ain

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