REFLECTOR:Sensor Mounting

[Wayne Lanza]

A word of caution here,
  Mounting a fuel or oil pressure sensor on an engine is not recommended.
The reason that the sensors are remote mounted to the firewall or engine
mount via a flexible hose is to avoid a mechanical failure of the 
sensor due
to engine vibration. Many DAR's will fail a directly mounted sensor, 
and why
take the chance of it breaking...?

Fly Safe,
Wayne Lanza
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On Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at 10:14 PM, Jay Yu wrote:

> Not sure if this is useful info but welcome any/all comments.
>
> I just came back from a test flight. I saw fuel pressure at 7~8 psi in
> flight and ~6 psi on the ground. I did NOT buy a new sensor. What I 
> did was
> I reinstalled the sensor at the bottom of the engine in the path of 
> fresh
> air flow from my lower cowl intake air scoop (The sensor used to be on
> firewall about 4" away from exhaust pipe but covered with reflective 
> heat
> shield).