Engine condition monitoring diagnostic tester project

Robert Humphris r.humphris at indigo-avs.com
Thu May 28 09:49:53 GMT 1998


I read in my favorite magazine ( Cars and Car Conversions ) that the
TOCA Renault team log the crank case pressure as well as all the other
odds and ends that the likes of us mortals would think to log...
apperently they have collated data which indicates that crank case
pressure tells you more about the state of the engine in conjuction with
the other readings than just by the readings alone.  If the engine is
about to let go and do something spectacular the CC pressures go wild...
 Obviously they were not much more specific, but its something to bare
in mind

Rob Humphris

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>From: 	Andrew W. Macfadyen[SMTP:am018 at post.almac.co.uk]
>Sent: 	28 May 1998 09:09
>To: 	diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
>Subject: 	Re: Engine condition monitoring diagnostic tester project
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>Thanks to all that replied to my original posting -- I have found a
>transducer used for engine oil pressure that may have enough capacity to go
>to the  14 bar FSD  or so that I need.
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>Andrew W. Macfadyen wrote:
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>> I am building an compression tester/Leak down tester to interface to a
>> PC and log the compression curve and leak down curve to enable piston
>> and vavle condition to be monitored and compared.  Anybody got any ideas
>> on suitable low cost pressure sensors.
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