[Fot] EGT Probes?

[Tony Drews]

I get the impression that the thermocouple fails after being at 1400 
degrees repeatedly, but I honestly don't know what inside fails - 
just that they need to be replaced when the reading is 0 degrees.

Tony

At 03:38 PM 8/18/2014, Barr, Scott wrote:
>That's what I've been thinking.  Do the probes foul, or do the wires 
>just break?   I've been told the wires are a little fragile.
>
>Scott B.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tony Drews [mailto:tony at tonydrews.com]
>Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 3:37 PM
>To: Barr, Scott; FOT
>Subject: Re: [Fot] EGT Probes?
>
>Yes, that's the normal failure mechanism for the EGT gauge.  I'm on 
>my 2nd set of probes.
>
>Tony Drews
>
>At 03:26 PM 8/18/2014, Barr, Scott wrote:
> >So if my EGT stops working or works only intermittently, is it likely
> >that I need new probes? (I did check to see that the connections are
> >still...connected)  The tailpipe color looks good (a nice dove grey),
> >but I'm getting no reading on one side of the gauge and a low reading
> >on the other side.
> >
> >Scott B.
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