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Old 1st July 2006 | 13:31
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thekite
 
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From: Darwin
Thumbs down thekite

Damn fine flying, Muffinman,

I have had that particular problem twice before, once in a Hughes 500 - just landed out and asked Bankstown Tower to get more oil sent out. Problem was a leaking #1 compressor seal. The engine drank it's own oil.

And once out over the North Sea, in a twin. We just pulled the sick engine back to flight idle, and watched the pressure stabilise.

Oil Temp actually dropped with the oil pressure!

Turned out that #8 scavenge pump had NOT been fitted with the requisite O ring. And the engine drank it's own oil.

Theory is that any turbine engine will run for quite some time with no oil pressure - until you reduce power whereupon it will immediately seize.
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