Zero reading lub.oil pressure in flight
in General Tech Discussion
12 years ago
:) Hello,
Last Saturday I experienced a zero reading lub.oil pressure during level flight at 1000 ft. Simultanously the CHT -and Lub.oil Temperature gauges read maximum. Made a precautionary landing and checked engine for leakages, however all seems to be in order. On Monday under the supervision of a qualified engineer oil filter renewed, oil tank inspected internally and oil renewed. The oil filter and also the bottom of the oil tank did not have any indication of any wear. In addition renewed the spark plugs and also this seems to be in order. After filling up with new oil engine started and lub.oil pressure and temperatures (at least on the ground, weather not good enough to take - off) were all in order.
Have anybody experience maybe the same in the past and/or has somebody any clue what exactly might have caused this zero reading and maximum readings of both temperatures.
FYI engine is a 912 ULS (100 horsepower) and just has 200 hours on the counter.
Looking very much forward to your advise / remarks / feedback.
Kind regards
Ferry van Eykel ( the Netherlands)
Last Saturday I experienced a zero reading lub.oil pressure during level flight at 1000 ft. Simultanously the CHT -and Lub.oil Temperature gauges read maximum. Made a precautionary landing and checked engine for leakages, however all seems to be in order. On Monday under the supervision of a qualified engineer oil filter renewed, oil tank inspected internally and oil renewed. The oil filter and also the bottom of the oil tank did not have any indication of any wear. In addition renewed the spark plugs and also this seems to be in order. After filling up with new oil engine started and lub.oil pressure and temperatures (at least on the ground, weather not good enough to take - off) were all in order.
Have anybody experience maybe the same in the past and/or has somebody any clue what exactly might have caused this zero reading and maximum readings of both temperatures.
FYI engine is a 912 ULS (100 horsepower) and just has 200 hours on the counter.
Looking very much forward to your advise / remarks / feedback.
Kind regards
Ferry van Eykel ( the Netherlands)
