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It's mounted in the side of the sump.
The float switch sends the wire to ground if the oil gets low. I've found that the light comes on at about 1 qt below normal - presuming you're not loosing oil fast for some reason, this gives you lots of time to land and top it up.
When I blew my stock turbo a few years ago (and oil began leaking from the bearing generating a pretty smoke trail) the oil light came on about 15 minutes before landing. There were about 2 qts of oil ( and 2 apex seals) missing after shutdown. :)
John
On 8/10/2010 10:11 AM, dlomheim@aol.com wrote:
I have heard that the 13B has a low oil level device (that turned on a light in the car?). Can someone briefly explain how that works? Float switch system, etc. The way my inititial intake pipes are routed I won't be able to check oil so would like to use this or a similar swiched device to know if oil level is down...
Thanks. Doug / RV-9A FWF
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