REFLECTOR: wonky oil temp readout

[Don Johnston]

I had that exact same behavior on my O-540 about six months ago.  It was
the inline spade connection. Cut off the old connectors, crimped on new
ones and it's been steady ever since.

On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Scott Derrick <scott at tnstaafl.net> wrote:

> on my last flight the oil temp got a bit higher than normal on climbout
> after a quick turnaround, the engine was hot on takeoff.
>
> I was watching it because the Dynon showed in in the yellow, which I've
> set at above 210.
>
> I saw it at 212, looked elsewhere for a bit, looked back and it was at 34!
>  It then proceeded to jump around between 15 and 150 for 5 minutes or so...
>  The oil pressure was fine as was everything else so I figured a loose
> wire..
>
> Then a few minutes later I looked back at the engine monitor and solid as
> a rock it was 210, and slowly came down to 195 as I was in cruise mode.
>  Which is what it should do.
>
> hmmm...  Id rather it jumped around the rest of the flight. Loose
> connections are fairly easy to find and remedy, but self healing readouts
> are not.
>
> Anybody else see something like this?  I haven't flown again to test if I
> can get the oil above 210+ to see if it will do it again.  If it does I'd
> guess its the sensor.
>
> Scott
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