Engine is mounted. With tail up to horizontal oil pressure to 65 psi in about 5 rev., then immediately dropped to 0. With tail down 0 oil pressure. Oil is full level. Oil cooler is dry. This conversion has case mounted oil filter.
On Thu, May 27, 2021, 4:20 PM Mark Langford <m...@n56ml.com> wrote: > Bill Page wrote: > > > Tore it down, > > cleaned, replaced bearings, etc. , assembled it. No oil pressure, oil > > pressure builds to 65 psi and then drops to 0. Any suggestions, other > than > > buying one from gp or revmaster. > > I think we need more information to troubleshoot. I assume this engine > was mounted to an airplane with a propeller on it for the test? How > long did it take to "build to 65 psi", and how long did it take to drop > to zero? After dropping to zero, does it come back up at all if you let > it run for a half a minute or so? > > First guess would be a pressure relieve valve issue. Is this a single > relief or dual relief engine case? Are you sure you got it back > together just like it came apart? It should be like any other Type 1 VW > engine with respect to this kind of problem. > > Mark Langford > m...@n56ml.com > http://www.n56ml.com > Huntsville, AL > ________________________________ > -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -Change list delivery options at > https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board > -Search recent KRnet Archives at > https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ > -Search <https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/-Search> > John Bouyea's decades of archive at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/ > ________________________________ -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -Change list delivery options at https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board -Search recent KRnet Archives at https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ -Search John Bouyea's decades of archive at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/
