Erratic Oil Temp
in 912 / 914 Technical Questions
13 years ago
I hope I am not covering old ground here. I have the 80hp 912. 40 hours since new. Installed by myself. Everything fine until today. Oil temp usually 80-90 Deg C, jumped to 135 and would quickly come back to 80-90 when closing the throttle. I was a little freaked out so did not spend much time before precautionary landing. Pretty sure the oil pressure was fine during all this. Landed, had a look around, checked no leaks, oil tank able to be touched for many seconds, not consistent with 135 deg C!. Noted some corrosion around oil temp sender. Gave the spade connector a bit of a clean, let the motor cool down, got airborn, flew home, temp never got above 70-80. Was this just an electrical issue. Can't imagine why the temp would all of a sudden go high, especially since the oil tank wasn't super hot to touch.