Guitarmaster Posted June 25, 2015 Report Posted June 25, 2015 So i have had a problem with high oil pressure since I bought the plane. I mean, off the scale while in cruise flight high! A while back, I took the regulator out to find the ball was pitted and the spring was quite heavy. I installed a new ball and the "middle of the road" spring and the pressure dropped somewhat, but still high. Like, redline in cruise high. I finally put a manual gauge on the engine today and found my gauge was reading ~20psi high. Whew! Glad I put a manual gauge on it before doing anything else with the regulator! She runs about 79psi at 2400rpm with the engine warm. Idle is ~55psi. Perfect according to the shop. This makes me happy! Moral to the story? Don't trust your cockpit gauges (especially 40-year-old ones) for problem diagnosis! There may not even be a problem. Quote
Marauder Posted June 25, 2015 Report Posted June 25, 2015 Are you going to buy my plane one gauge at a time? If so! I'm going to stop you at the Aspens! Freshly removed for the JPI 900 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote
MB65E Posted June 25, 2015 Report Posted June 25, 2015 Hi Chris, the fuel gauges are for your F correct? It'd be nice to replace mine in the E... -Matt Quote
Marauder Posted June 26, 2015 Report Posted June 26, 2015 Yep. Removed last month. The only difference is my fuel gauges are set up for the O&N 54.8 gallon bladders. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote
Guitarmaster Posted June 26, 2015 Author Report Posted June 26, 2015 Are you going to buy my plane one gauge at a time? If so! I'm going to stop you at the Aspens! Freshly removed for the JPI 900 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk I'll take the JPI... $150... Quote
Marauder Posted June 26, 2015 Report Posted June 26, 2015 Hi Chris, the fuel gauges are for your F correct? It'd be nice to replace mine in the E... -Matt Matt -- the gauges are spot on and match with what I am getting with the JPI now. The issue in many planes is the sender unit not working correctly. Quote
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