Hey everyone,
I am new to the forum and to aircraft ownership as well. Long story short I just purchased a 63 C about a week ago and have been flying it a lot. We were on our way back from NJ to VA yesterday and I noticed the factory oil temp gauge was reading extremely high ( almost redline) I was at about 8500 at 21 mp 2400 rpm. I immediately started my decent in to my home airport opened cowl flaps and reduced power. The needle never moved. While I was concerned about the oil temp reading so high I was getting conflicting information from the JOI 830 which was reading oil temp at about 188-193 during climb and steady 185 during cruise.
When I landed I checked the factory gauge again and it was still close to redline. I figured it was a malfunction and I would verify this morning by checking the temps with a cold engine. Well I went out this morning and both gauges were at 82 and when I warned the engine up the factory gauge climbed way faster than the JPI and they never evened out.
CHT during return trip 350-360
oil pressure was consistent and in the green.
