Thielert (Diesel Engines)

"Stan Prevost" wrote

I haven't really been following this thread, but I thought I would
interject something I just learned about Thielert diesels.

A local flight school which also rents out airplanes, just got a DA42
Twinstar. An engine quit during a flight a few days ago. The pilot shut
it down, then later attempted a restart. It started back up and ran fine
for a few minutes, then quit again. No anomalous indication on any of the
engine instrumentation.

Turns out that an oil filter in a gearbox, I believe it was, was clogged.
The computer senses that and shuts the engine down. No warning, no
indication of trouble, just shuts it down, or takes it down to very low
power. Saves the engine in preference to the pilot. This seems to not be
a rare event with these engines.

If that indeed is what was the cause of the shutdown, there is no excuse for
a system behaving like that.

If you can find more information on that, and report back, I'm sure that
would be appreciated.
--
Jim in NC