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- John Farrell
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20 Nov 2024 18:18 #1
by John Farrell
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Maybe some better news on my oil consumption. Using a quart every 4.20 hours. Originally figured in was every 3 hours. I miscalculated! Never was good at math!
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31 Oct 2024 17:40 #2
by John Farrell
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Bill; Thanks for sharing. Been 51 years for me; Six Bonanzas later, one brief Cessna 140 adventure (not able to keep it out of grass!), two 172's, and the Ercoupe. I am at the cross road about keeping on. If I lived with my Ercoupe probably keep flying till the end. As you mentioned, tough decision. I don't golf, fish, or hunt or travel much any longer. John Farrell
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31 Oct 2024 17:19 #3
by Keith Whitcomb
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Worth reading before you start tearing into the motor
www.savvyaviation.com/wp-content/uploads...ng-solvent-flush.pdf
www.savvyaviation.com/wp-content/uploads...ng-solvent-flush.pdf
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31 Oct 2024 16:02 #4
by William James
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John
Just hung it up after 62 years and 5300 hours . . . . (all private pilot) very tough decision . I am 84 and cognitive abilities in the dumper . . . started in an Ercoupe and 12 aircraft later ended ion an Ercoupe Keep on keeping on. Bill James
Just hung it up after 62 years and 5300 hours . . . . (all private pilot) very tough decision . I am 84 and cognitive abilities in the dumper . . . started in an Ercoupe and 12 aircraft later ended ion an Ercoupe Keep on keeping on. Bill James
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30 Oct 2024 18:26 #5
by Larry Snyder
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You are pretty much at the lower limit of oil usage, according to Continental. I'll attach the form that shows it. When I had my engine overhauled in 2006 ir was consuming a quart every 3 hours, and that is awfully close to the limit. It also made trips a pain, since every stop I had to put oil in it.
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30 Oct 2024 18:03 #6
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Continental tells you to worry when oil is consumed 1qt per hour. They have a service bulletin that defines when/how to evaluate oil usage (oil analysis is imperative to actually know what's going on).
I put 8 oz of camguard in my engine every other oil change. On my Aircoupe and my C182.
I put 8 oz of camguard in my engine every other oil change. On my Aircoupe and my C182.
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