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 Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:11 am Post subject: Winter oil, revisited |
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Checked with the local mechanic, and he said:
“You probably want that oil gone sooner rather than later. I agree though that with good preheat and letting the oil get good and warm before flight then you probably won't have any problems. Watch the oil temperature - if the thick oil congeals in the oil cooler then the cooler becomes essentially blocked - the oil temperature will go way up quickly since there is no oil cooling.”
TDT
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amekler
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| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:34 am Post subject: Winter oil, revisited |
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I think you should get rid of the mineral oil. I switched over at 40 hours.
Regards,
Alan
Ps if you want to fly up to klci there is a good restaurant
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On Dec 1, 2010, at 10:07 AM, "Dawson-Townsend,Timothy" <tdawson-townsend(at)aurora.aero (tdawson-townsend(at)aurora.aero)> wrote:
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Checked with the local mechanic, and he said:
“You probably want that oil gone sooner rather than later. I agree though that with good preheat and letting the oil get good and warm before flight then you probably won't have any problems. Watch the oil temperature - if the thick oil congeals in the oil cooler then the cooler becomes essentially blocked - the oil temperature will go way up quickly since there is no oil cooling.”
TDT
Tim Dawson-Townsend
RV-10 N52KS (http://aprs.fi/?call=n52ks)
[url=mailto:tdt(at)aurora.aero]tdt(at)aurora.aero (tdt(at)aurora.aero)[/url]
617-500-4812 (office)
617-905-4800 (mobile)
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Tim Olson
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| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:57 am Post subject: Winter oil, revisited |
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I know I was recommended to go 50 hours on mineral based oil.
I agree with Kelly, if you switch to Philips 20-50 X/C right
now, you would be well served....you get to stay on mineral
a while longer, maybe help your break-in, and get a fresh
oil change.
The other option is to get out there and FLY 10 more hours,
and get to 50....then do the oil change. If you go out and
play for a while, you can finish the break-in and use that
same oil.
Now, if you don't want to fly a lot, do like Kelly also said,
and put in some fresh oil that won't be loaded with corrosives,
and add some camguard. You don't want to leave it sit for
a long time either way, but especially if it has old oil.
The Camguard additive is actually proving to honestly
add corrosion resistance too, so go with that at least
in the months the plane doesn't fly a ton.
I used Philips x/c 20-50 for the first 100 hours before
switching to semi-synthetic (I use Exxon Elite, but
according to Aviation Consumer's testing, the best
value is Philips X/C + Camguard).
Tim
On 12/1/2010 9:31 AM, Alan Meklet Md wrote:
| Quote: | I think you should get rid of the mineral oil. I switched over at 40 hours.
Regards,
Alan
Ps if you want to fly up to klci there is a good restaurant
Sent from my iPod
On Dec 1, 2010, at 10:07 AM, "Dawson-Townsend,Timothy"
<tdawson-townsend(at)aurora.aero <mailto:tdawson-townsend(at)aurora.aero>> wrote:
> Checked with the local mechanic, and he said:
>
> “You probably want that oil gone sooner rather than later. I agree
> though that with good preheat and letting the oil get good and warm
> before flight then you probably won't have any problems. Watch the oil
> temperature - if the thick oil congeals in the oil cooler then the
> cooler becomes essentially blocked - the oil temperature will go way
> up quickly since there is no oil cooling.”
>
> TDT
>
> Tim Dawson-Townsend
>
> RV-10 N52KS (<http://aprs.fi/?call=n52ks>http://aprs.fi/?call=n52ks)
>
> <mailto:tdt(at)aurora.aero>tdt(at)aurora.aero <mailto:tdt(at)aurora.aero>
>
> 617-500-4812 (office)
>
> 617-905-4800 (mobile)
>
> <image001.png>
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