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Logging oil changes
As some of you know, I'm in the market for an airplane. To this endeavor, I
find myself reading through a lot of maintenance log books. I've noticed that some people log oil changes but some do not. I'm a little worried about the owners who don't because I don't know if the oil is ever changes or not. (Yes, I know that it just being in the log book doesn't mean it is actually done, but it does a lot to put my mind to rest.) All the owners I've talked to claim that they do oil changes in 25 or 50 hour intervals, but they don't log it. Do you log oil changes? |
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" wrote: Do you log oil changes? Yes. George Patterson If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have been looking for it. |
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" wrote in message link.net... As some of you know, I'm in the market for an airplane. To this endeavor, I find myself reading through a lot of maintenance log books. I've noticed that some people log oil changes but some do not. I'm a little worried about the owners who don't because I don't know if the oil is ever changes or not. (Yes, I know that it just being in the log book doesn't mean it is actually done, but it does a lot to put my mind to rest.) All the owners I've talked to claim that they do oil changes in 25 or 50 hour intervals, but they don't log it. Do you log oil changes? When I was looking for an airplane. I had a guy give me an excuse why no oil changes were logged during his ownership! He said it burnt 1 QT every 4 to 5 hours so in 25 hours it did not need one because he put about 5 QT's in it during that 25 hours. I could not help but to start laughing turn around and walk back to my car. |
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In article .net,
" wrote: Do you log oil changes? yes. -- Bob Noel |
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I would guess that if they're not logging the changes that they're not
doing the changes. All my oil changes are logged by the mechanic. Why wouldn't someone log the change? Frequent oil changes are a plus not a minus. Dave 68 7ECA wrote: As some of you know, I'm in the market for an airplane. To this endeavor, I find myself reading through a lot of maintenance log books. I've noticed that some people log oil changes but some do not. I'm a little worried about the owners who don't because I don't know if the oil is ever changes or not. (Yes, I know that it just being in the log book doesn't mean it is actually done, but it does a lot to put my mind to rest.) All the owners I've talked to claim that they do oil changes in 25 or 50 hour intervals, but they don't log it. Do you log oil changes? |
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"NW_PILOT" writes: When I was looking for an airplane. I had a guy give me an excuse why no oil changes were logged during his ownership! He said it burnt 1 QT every 4 to 5 hours so in 25 hours [...] Did he instead log each addition those quarts of oil? In Canada, such "elementary work" is required to be logged, and so is "preventive maintenance" in the US (FAR 43.9). - FChE |
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No, only oil changes that were logged were at annual inspection points in
his logs. "Frank Ch. Eigler" wrote in message ... "NW_PILOT" writes: When I was looking for an airplane. I had a guy give me an excuse why no oil changes were logged during his ownership! He said it burnt 1 QT every 4 to 5 hours so in 25 hours [...] Did he instead log each addition those quarts of oil? In Canada, such "elementary work" is required to be logged, and so is "preventive maintenance" in the US (FAR 43.9). - FChE |
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I do log oil changes, otherwise I wouldn't know when to do the next 25 hr or
6 month change. Also, I want to have a good maintenance record in case I decide to sell the airplane. Shawn Pitts S-1D, G-BKVP " wrote in message link.net... As some of you know, I'm in the market for an airplane. To this endeavor, I find myself reading through a lot of maintenance log books. I've noticed that some people log oil changes but some do not. I'm a little worried about the owners who don't because I don't know if the oil is ever changes or not. (Yes, I know that it just being in the log book doesn't mean it is actually done, but it does a lot to put my mind to rest.) All the owners I've talked to claim that they do oil changes in 25 or 50 hour intervals, but they don't log it. Do you log oil changes? |
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