{"id":4256,"date":"2020-04-02T17:50:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T17:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/?p=4256"},"modified":"2020-04-06T18:04:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T18:04:01","slug":"replaced-fuel-flow-sensor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/2020\/04\/02\/replaced-fuel-flow-sensor\/","title":{"rendered":"Replaced Fuel Flow Sensor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My fuel flow has been erratic again recently. This has happened a number of times and Electronics International has always indicated that the cause is almost always the electrical connections. I&#8217;ve tried crimp connectors, solder, solder sleeves, and finally their own OLC-1 and now OLC-2 connectors. Interestingly, the problem would always appear to be resolved for a bit, but would then reappear some number of hours later.<\/p>\n<p>A friend mentioned that he&#8217;d had a similar experience and a replacement fuel flow sensor fixed it. Out of other options to try, I ordered one and installed it tonight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1790-e1586195448937.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4253\" src=\"http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1790-e1586195448937-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"938\" height=\"704\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1790-e1586195448937-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1790-e1586195448937-150x113.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1790-e1586195448937-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1790-e1586195448937-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Their new OLC-2 connectors have two crimp screws per connector so you don&#8217;t have to try to hold both wires in place simultaneously while trying to tighten the screws. I don&#8217;t like how these connectors provide no strain relief for the wires, so I did my best to immobilize everything.<\/p>\n<p>I leak tested everything and ground-ran the engine. Initial run showed nice, solid fuel flows.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1791-e1586195435173.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4254\" src=\"http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1791-e1586195435173-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"938\" height=\"704\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1791-e1586195435173-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1791-e1586195435173-150x113.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1791-e1586195435173-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1791-e1586195435173-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My fuel flow has been erratic again recently. This has happened a number of times and Electronics International has always indicated that the cause is almost always the electrical connections. I&#8217;ve tried crimp connectors, solder, solder sleeves, and finally their own OLC-1 and now OLC-2 connectors. Interestingly, the problem would always appear to be resolved &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/2020\/04\/02\/replaced-fuel-flow-sensor\/\" class=\"excerpt-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-firewall-forward"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4257,"href":"http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256\/revisions\/4257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jasonbeaver.com\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}