Dear Wayne,
You wrote : -
>In the initial startup of my "out of the box" 912 the oil
>pressure gauge indicated 75 psi. I expected some delay in
>the pressure rise and did not expect the pressure to be so
>high at the 2300 factory set warmup RPM.
>
>Should I suspect the gauge or sender or is the pressure
>always at the upper limit on a new engine?
>
>I did not run the engine for more than 1 minute before shut
>down. Check of the gauge did not turn up any error.
Answer : 75 psi is not abnormal, especially on first start up.
>I have an oil cooler installed in the feed line from the oil
>tank. I filled it manually and pulled the engine through
>forward until oil was being pumped into the reservoir tank.
>Could I have a problem with the system?
Answer : I don't see that you have any problem with your engine.
Best regards, have a nice week-end,
Andy
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