REFLECTOR: High Oil Pressure

[Hiroo Umeno]

Larry,

Thanks.  I had this nagging fear of something popping out in flight and spraying the countryside with the Mineral Oil.

Incidentally, where did you set your yellow and red lines for the following engine parameters?

CHT
Oil Pressure
Oil Temp

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Laurence Coen
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 4:25 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: High Oil Pressure

Hiroo.

The factory pressure regulator is set for 80 psi.  This is a spring loaded bypass valve and the fact that it is within 3 psi is quite remarkable.  The possibility that your indicator is off by 3 psi is also a factor.  I don't think you would need to be concerned unless you were running between 90 an 100 psi.

Larry Coen
N136LC SE/RG Franklin/IVO
----- Original Message -----
From: Hiroo Umeno<mailto:humeno at microsoft.com>
To: reflector at tvbf.org<mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 1:00 PM
Subject: REFLECTOR: High Oil Pressure

Hello folks,

Now I have about 10 hours on my plane.  I have been observing that the oil pressure seems to be running a bit high.  Franklin factory manual says it should run up to 81psi and mine has been consistently about 83 - 86 in cruise settings.

Is this something I should be concerned about?  Has anyone seen this issue?

Hiroo

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