OkieAviator
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On take off today when I looked at the oil pressure it was into the black space between green and red. I was wheels up when I noticed so climbed out a bit and reduced my RPMs down to 2300-2400.
For note it's a 172N, 180 with an 0-360. I had exactly 6 qts (15w50) showing in preflight and the temp was about 40 outside, not sure what it was in the hangar and the plane started right up.
Typically I run the engine about 10 mins to get the oil temp into the green before I take off. Today I left the second it started moving up, so maybe 8 mins. Here's a few pictures I took. The one without the RPM was about 3 mins after takeoff, leaving the throttle full open. Then second was when I leveled out about 2500 AGL and throttled back to my normal cruise.
Three Questions-
1) Is the higher oil pressure on takeoff normal if the engine hasn't warmed up enough and it's pushing syrup through the engine?
2) Should I plan to throttle out a bit on longer climbs if the engine isn't completely warmed up?
3) What else could I do or is this completely normal and I'm over reacting because I'm a diaper baby?
For note it's a 172N, 180 with an 0-360. I had exactly 6 qts (15w50) showing in preflight and the temp was about 40 outside, not sure what it was in the hangar and the plane started right up.
Typically I run the engine about 10 mins to get the oil temp into the green before I take off. Today I left the second it started moving up, so maybe 8 mins. Here's a few pictures I took. The one without the RPM was about 3 mins after takeoff, leaving the throttle full open. Then second was when I leveled out about 2500 AGL and throttled back to my normal cruise.
Three Questions-
1) Is the higher oil pressure on takeoff normal if the engine hasn't warmed up enough and it's pushing syrup through the engine?
2) Should I plan to throttle out a bit on longer climbs if the engine isn't completely warmed up?
3) What else could I do or is this completely normal and I'm over reacting because I'm a diaper baby?