11-12-2017, 02:56 AM
Is there an audible alarm or perhaps it's disabled?
That would be associated with the engine controller shutting down the engine to protect it from not having oil in the fuel mixture. It will shut down the engine regardless of an alarm being disconnected.
One possibility for the delay yet full power capabilities when it does go after sufficient delays is the low oil reservoir shutdown. On the side of the engine there is a tiny secondary oil reservoir. Upon engine shut down, remove the cowling and look at the translucent plastic to see if the oil level is down. If so, then the engine fuel and oil mix controller can't get the oil for the proper mix, so the engine is shut down. Later as the oil pump from the large reservoir pumps oil up to that tiny reservoir, you can start and go again until that tiny amount of oil is gone. You might check the tiny oil filter. If it's not restricted, then a very hard to diagnose cause can be an intermittently available electric power to that oil pump which you wouldn't easily notice because the reservoir will quickly fill even with intermittent electrical connection. I found a severed wire inside a factory covered bundle with the wire ends touching most of the time yet unreliably. This was after it was plagued with this intermittent issue for many attempts at oil filter changes (don't buy new ones -- they rinse out, but observe if there is contamination), replacing the oil with new oil and all sorts of searching for most common causes.
Mechanics will go after the most common causes and rightly so, since they are the most common. But, sometimes the causes of problems are so rare experience doesn't help. If you make some observations, then perhaps I can lead you to finding the source of the problem with some of my diagnostic strategies.
I have ways to detect and locate intermittent connections that I will share. But, that might be a moot point, so first see if you find it is not one of the more common problems.
Save some money and make those easy observations yourself and report what you find and the next step might be clear or something I can tell you.
Perhaps that would lead to an inexpensive solution that you can do yourself. Then you will have more money for fishing trips and fuel!
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That would be associated with the engine controller shutting down the engine to protect it from not having oil in the fuel mixture. It will shut down the engine regardless of an alarm being disconnected.
One possibility for the delay yet full power capabilities when it does go after sufficient delays is the low oil reservoir shutdown. On the side of the engine there is a tiny secondary oil reservoir. Upon engine shut down, remove the cowling and look at the translucent plastic to see if the oil level is down. If so, then the engine fuel and oil mix controller can't get the oil for the proper mix, so the engine is shut down. Later as the oil pump from the large reservoir pumps oil up to that tiny reservoir, you can start and go again until that tiny amount of oil is gone. You might check the tiny oil filter. If it's not restricted, then a very hard to diagnose cause can be an intermittently available electric power to that oil pump which you wouldn't easily notice because the reservoir will quickly fill even with intermittent electrical connection. I found a severed wire inside a factory covered bundle with the wire ends touching most of the time yet unreliably. This was after it was plagued with this intermittent issue for many attempts at oil filter changes (don't buy new ones -- they rinse out, but observe if there is contamination), replacing the oil with new oil and all sorts of searching for most common causes.
Mechanics will go after the most common causes and rightly so, since they are the most common. But, sometimes the causes of problems are so rare experience doesn't help. If you make some observations, then perhaps I can lead you to finding the source of the problem with some of my diagnostic strategies.
I have ways to detect and locate intermittent connections that I will share. But, that might be a moot point, so first see if you find it is not one of the more common problems.
Save some money and make those easy observations yourself and report what you find and the next step might be clear or something I can tell you.
Perhaps that would lead to an inexpensive solution that you can do yourself. Then you will have more money for fishing trips and fuel!
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