stiebs
Contributor
I bit the bullet and began the changeover from mineral to synthetic oil on my Oceanus. I've only run it for 2.5hrs after purchasing it reconditioned from who I believe to be a reasonable Bauer service tech.
So not sure if I'm just being overly cautious or sensitive to it's operation now compared to before, and if I'm worrying about nothing. Previously I've used a laser thermometer to measure just the head temp of the third stage (not first or second), and it generally runs in the 100-110ºC range. This time I also checked the 2nd stage head temp, and it was reading 130 - 140ºC. First and third stages were also in the 100-110ºC range. Is this normal, or does it seem to be too hot?
This is the mineral oil that I drained out of it, which seems to be dirtier than I would've expected from only 2.5 of operation.
Am I concerned about nothing? Does this seem normal?
Thx.
So not sure if I'm just being overly cautious or sensitive to it's operation now compared to before, and if I'm worrying about nothing. Previously I've used a laser thermometer to measure just the head temp of the third stage (not first or second), and it generally runs in the 100-110ºC range. This time I also checked the 2nd stage head temp, and it was reading 130 - 140ºC. First and third stages were also in the 100-110ºC range. Is this normal, or does it seem to be too hot?
This is the mineral oil that I drained out of it, which seems to be dirtier than I would've expected from only 2.5 of operation.
Am I concerned about nothing? Does this seem normal?
Thx.