Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #65793
From: Dan Ballin <dballin@gmail.com>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Hydraulic Issue
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:34:48 -0400
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
For all those pump experts out there:

I flew my Legacy down to Monterey few days ago (Thanks to Ralph Love for being such a gracious host).  I noticed that my up pressure got to 2000psi, I assume due to heat, it was warm.  I cracked the dump valve and it was back to the usual 1500.  No issues on the low side when the gear was down - usual 600psi or so.  Today flying back to Bend, took off out  of Gnoss field about 105 on the ground.  In cruise at about 14,500, I noticed the up pressure was about 1200 and would slowly drift down to 900 at which point the pump would come on for less than a sec.  Seemed like it cycled like this about 4 or 5 times in the 2 hr flight.

So I assume I have an internal pump or dump valve leak and I haven't tried to investigate, but wonder what people thought.  Note that I, unlike a number of you, haven't had this issue before.  Could the pressure spike have done something?  blown a seal??  How would you go about sorting it all out.

Thanks

Dan Ballin
N386DB  LEG2
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