I get a 9.2 reading on the old unit. I do not get any reading on the new unit. That tells me it is defective?.
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at [email protected] Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joachim Saupe" <[email protected]> To: "KRnet" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 7:40 PM Subject: RE: KR> Oil Pressure - What's Up? > Mark, > I assume that only one wire connects to the sender. With this in mind, the > sender's body needs to be grounded through it's threads. NO teflon tape. > Disconnect the wire, get an ohm meter and read from the sender's body to > the engine block. That should be a dead short (should read the same as when > you touch both probes together)! > to test the sender, read from the connector on the sender to the engine > block. You should read some resistance, probably in the 100s or 1000s of > ohms. If it reads in the megohms, it's an open and the sender is bad > (veryfy by reading between the sender body and the sender terminal). My > hunch is that you pulled the terminal from the wire. > Hope this helps, let me know. > Joachim > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Mark Jones <[email protected]> > > To: KR Net <[email protected]>; Corvaircraft <[email protected]> > > Date: 7/22/2004 7:01:04 PM > > Subject: KR> Oil Pressure - What's Up? > > > > The last time I ran my engine prior to making a new starter mount / > housing, my oil pressure gauge was working perfect. To remove the old > starter mount / housing, I also had to remove the oil sending unit. > Therefor, I disconnected the wire at the sender. I noticed in the mean time > as I was working on my plane, if I turned the ignition to on, the oil > pressure gauge would max out. I think this is normal with the sender > disconnected. Anyway, I reinstalled the sender after I made the new mount / > housing. I then went to attach the wire and twisted the post right off. > Bummer.... I ordered a new $35 sender and it arrived today. I installed it, > attached the gauge wire, turned the ignition to on and the gauge > immediately maxed out. What's up with that. Is it possible the new sender > is bad? Is there a way to test the sender? > > > > Mark Jones (N886MJ) > > Wales, WI USA > > E-mail me at [email protected] > > Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at > > http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html > > > > _______________________________________ > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
