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Possilbe bug - ENG OIL TEMP

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I have found possible bug. Engine oil temperature jumped from 219 °C to 63 °C in a second during fuel cutoff. I think that could be a bug...

1) I activated "ENG 1 OIL TEMPERATURE" failure.

2) I got "ENG 1 OIL TEMP" warning on EICAS. Oil temp was 219 °C.

3) I moved fuel control to "CUTOFF" and in that moment oil temperature jumped from 219 °C to 63 °C in less then one second.

 

 

Petr Stepanek

Sounds unlikely, but perhaps not completely impossible (depending on what caused the problem).

What kind of engine was it? Were there any other abnormalities with the engine?
 

John H Watson (retired 744/767 Avionics engineer)

6 hours ago, petic537 said:

oil temperature jumped from 219 °C to 63 °C in a second

This makes no sense to me. Shouldn't it be the reverse of what is written?

Michael Cubine
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Well you enabled a failure, who is to say the failure isn't with the sensors?  Hence, the problematic and flaky reading.  What you're seeing may actually be the clue that points to sensor failure.  Who knows?  Just throwing it out.

Mark Trainer

 

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I captured a short video to explain it better:

 

Petr Stepanek

So it's basically instantaneous (fuel flow goes to zero, temperature goes back to normal).

Some technical info: The engine EEC processes oil temperature sensor information and sends it to EICAS. Each channel in the EEC, "A" or "B", receives data from one of two oil sensors (or one of 2 sensor elements in one oil pressure sensing unit). When a fuel lever is put to cutoff, some circuits in the EEC are reset, but I don't know if the oil processing circuits are reset (I know on the real RB211, the EGT indications blank for a second or two just after the fuel cutoff levers are moved to cutoff, but I'm not sure about the oil temperature). 

OIL TEMP mesages can be caused by high oil temperature or a disagreement between the temperatures sensed by the two oil temperature sensors.

Abnormal readings can be caused by high electrical resistance. Perhaps turning off the engine caused the engine to move backwards suddenly, shaking the wiring and removing the high resistance? :tongue:

Anyway, perhaps you can submit a ticket and find out if the PMDG team intended to program it this way.

Cheers

JHW

John H Watson (retired 744/767 Avionics engineer)

I see the final report is out on the Singapore Airlines (777) fire...  Not an oil temperature problem, but (initially) oil quantity problems.... 

https://www.mot.gov.sg/uploadedFiles/Ministry_of_Transport/Content_Blocks/About_MOT/Air_Transport/AAIB/CAS122 - B777-300ER Registration 9V-SWB Engine Fire 27 Jun 16 Final Report.pdf

Heavy reading.. .Strong coffee advised :laugh:

Basically, the main oil/fuel heat exchanger failed, putting fuel into the oil system. This caused the oil in the oil tank to have reduced density. The float in the tank sank to the bottom as a result, giving a low "oil" reading.

 

John H Watson (retired 744/767 Avionics engineer)

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