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Has anyone had problems with J230 having high oil temps during summer.We purchased a new factory built J230 at the end of Jan 07 and flew it in hot OT air temps 30c plus without problems. We have now done over 300 hrs and are having major problems with high oil temps. With a OT of 31c we are struggling to climb to a 1000ft without the temp moving into the red, we have to level off and back the revs to 2600 rpms. This makes it very difficult to climb. We have tried everything suggested by Jabiru without success inc. leak down test, compression test. new sender and oil gauge, check and cleaned oil cooler, changed filter oil, tried different levels of oil in sump. Oil pressure and CHT are OK. Our real concern is that we had no problems in possibility higher OT temps when the motor was new but now without changing anything except the engine is older we are having problems. Our last fix is to try and change the ducting on the cowl but if this was to work, does not answer why the change. My feeling, with very limited experience is it could be an engine problem. PS Have just heard on grape vine that Jabiru are working on a mod for cowl to adress oil temp problems.

Graham Looked at the Ultranav. Looks better and a lot more user friendly.Thanks for the tip and appreciate your time and others for responding. Cheers Rick

"Still learning the ropes as very new to aviation". I have been surfing the net for a flightplanner program that is at a reasonable price. Here is a link to one of the programs I have found. http://www.users.bigpond.com/melissun/fp.html What do people think? It appears to have a few bugs but only costs $25. The results seem to be accurate as they are identical too my calculations on the wiz wheel. Does anyone else have any other programs that are easy too use and are reasonably priced. Cheers Rick

Hi I will be purchasing a J230 and I was wondering if anyone can help me with the possibility of adding autopilot. Where can they be purchased and fitted, what are they worth,are they reliable. Iam a new pilot but will be flying many hours / year as we will be using it for business. I originally thought it would be over kill but the more people I talk to the now more convinced it could be a worth while option . Appreciate any feed back. Cheers Rick