Peterlewis321
Active member
Hi everyone,
I’ve just returned from a great trip to Formentera (what a place!!). However, I experienced a low oil pressure alarm on one engine at the end of a 3 hour 3000rpm cruise back to the mainland…..it happened as I knocked the throttles back and on investigation I found no issues with the oil pressure at all i.e it climbed as I teased the power back up, and no visible oil leaks anywhere……so my question to you all is whether a (relatively) sudden decrease in throttle in a situation like this could trigger such an alarm inadvertently as the oil pressure also drops as the revs drop? And maybe in this instance I was perhaps just a bit ‘heavy handed’ with the levers and should have eased the power back a little more slowly?
Appreciate any advice or sharing of similar experiences?
Thanks
I’ve just returned from a great trip to Formentera (what a place!!). However, I experienced a low oil pressure alarm on one engine at the end of a 3 hour 3000rpm cruise back to the mainland…..it happened as I knocked the throttles back and on investigation I found no issues with the oil pressure at all i.e it climbed as I teased the power back up, and no visible oil leaks anywhere……so my question to you all is whether a (relatively) sudden decrease in throttle in a situation like this could trigger such an alarm inadvertently as the oil pressure also drops as the revs drop? And maybe in this instance I was perhaps just a bit ‘heavy handed’ with the levers and should have eased the power back a little more slowly?
Appreciate any advice or sharing of similar experiences?
Thanks