I'm on my second oil pressure sensor in 400+ hr.. With the same problems as
has been discussed on the forum. In both times changing the oil pressure
sensor cured the problem.
Roger , I replaced the sensor from The Rotax service center here in Florida. I
don't remember the price!!!! Sorry!!!
Jim Brown
N398JB
Roger Anderson wrote:
> I'm now on my third sensor and have only just passed the 180 hour mark. The
> replacements cost about 100.00p a time - can anyone source a cheaper, more
> reliable replacement?
> Roger Anderson G-BXTD
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Watts" <dg.watts@virgin.net>
> Subject: Re: oil pressure question...
>
> > I had a similar problem recently and when I discussed it with Skdrive they
> > said that the sender was the likely problem.
> > I replaced the sender and instantly had stable readings again.
> >
> > Dave Watts G-BXDY
> >
> > p.s. It seems after talking to a few others that tese go wrong quite
> > regularly and they have all been amazed that we have managed to get 800
> > hours out of ours.
> >
> > >> I recently changed the oil pressure gauge to cure a rapidly fluctuating
> > indication (far quicker than the oil pressure could feasibly change). I
> now
> > have a nice stable reading, excwpt that every so often the needle goes
> > off-scale at the high end, then slowly returns to normal. There does not
> yet
> > seem to be any set of flight conditions or power settings linked to this,
> > other than I have only ever seen it after 40 to 50 minutes of flight. This
> > is the only instrument that shows a bad reading. My suspicions are with
> the
> > wiring, and I would like to confirm this by using a DVM around the system.
> >
> >
>
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