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Old 9th Feb 2011, 00:37
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Squibb....it was an honest question and thank you for your response.

What I get from your answer is there is no way to know with certainty there has been a complete/near complete loss of oil and the only suggestion would be a decrease or loss of pressure which could also be due to other causes or even bogus indications.

Is that a correct assumption?

Way back during this thread I also suggested temperature sensing also relied upon having oil to accurately reflect the actual oil temperature and upon a loss of oil it would be possible to lose reliable temp indications.

As I see it....without knowing there has been a loss of oil, one would not know when to start the 30 minute countdown timer.

Am I missing something in looking at the way the oil quantity can be ascertained in flight by the pilots?

I used to have a valid 92 Checklist but lost it in a hard drive death so I cannot look back on that to refresh my recollection.
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