My oil temp trends very closely with most RV14 running a IO390 engine but I am hoping if I can improve it. With that in mind, I build a diffuser for the oil cooler exit and had one flight with it last night which does not seem to have made much of a difference, but it is hard to measure such change.
I have also been checking my oil temp right after shut down by pulling the dipstick and measuring the oil temp. In 5-6 times checking, it seems there is an average of 20-30 degree difference between the temp on the dipstick than what is reporting from G3X. The oil from crankcase is cooler. I have also point the infrared temperature sensor to the oil temp probe body and they all report cooler temp. Any thoughts on that discrepancy?
For a reference, my oil temp in cruise is between 175-200 depending on the OAT and on a climb, I could hit 205-215 going from sea level to 10000 at full power and again depend on OAT
I have also been checking my oil temp right after shut down by pulling the dipstick and measuring the oil temp. In 5-6 times checking, it seems there is an average of 20-30 degree difference between the temp on the dipstick than what is reporting from G3X. The oil from crankcase is cooler. I have also point the infrared temperature sensor to the oil temp probe body and they all report cooler temp. Any thoughts on that discrepancy?
For a reference, my oil temp in cruise is between 175-200 depending on the OAT and on a climb, I could hit 205-215 going from sea level to 10000 at full power and again depend on OAT