I just did a 20 min flight out of KTEW - Mason MI. The outside air temp was between 20-30 degrees F. I did 3 T&G and one extended pattern.
I uploaded to SAVVY to check my oil temp. The highest it got was 119F. I had my heater on for 6 hours before I flew and the oil temp was 88 F when I started. My CHT were normal topping out about 390 on a full power climb just to get the temps up. Well, there was a 172 in the pattern too and I wanted to be at pattern height pretty quick so he knew what he was missing!
I have not covered any of my James cowl openings or aluminum taped the oil cooler. Other than that, what are my options to get the oil up hot enough to burn out the moisture? I have always had low oil temps and high CHT's.
Any ideas?
I uploaded to SAVVY to check my oil temp. The highest it got was 119F. I had my heater on for 6 hours before I flew and the oil temp was 88 F when I started. My CHT were normal topping out about 390 on a full power climb just to get the temps up. Well, there was a 172 in the pattern too and I wanted to be at pattern height pretty quick so he knew what he was missing!
I have not covered any of my James cowl openings or aluminum taped the oil cooler. Other than that, what are my options to get the oil up hot enough to burn out the moisture? I have always had low oil temps and high CHT's.
Any ideas?