oil changes

anyone found a website about changing oil in a cessna 172? I've got a
172B and it's getting to that time for an oil change. I need to change
the oil from mineral to something else after my break in, is synthetic
good?
For anyone following, I found a cheap avionics place near RDU, as well
as a cheap hangar which I'll be moving into within the week.

Patrick

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"patrick" wrote:

anyone found a website about changing oil in a cessna 172? I've got a
172B and it's getting to that time for an oil change. I need to change
the oil from mineral to something else after my break in, is synthetic
good?
For anyone following, I found a cheap avionics place near RDU, as well
as a cheap hangar which I'll be moving into within the week.

Since you are asking about changing oil, my first question is, "How do
you know your engine is broken in?"
Has your oil consumption stabilized?
Have your cylinder head temperatures stabilized?
These are important questions if you are considering using
synthetic/semi-synthetic oil.
If the engine is not fully broken in, switching to the
synthetic/semi-synthetic will further delay the process.

And continuing the discussion --- do you have a copy of the parts
and maintenance manual for your aircraft? Safety wire? A bucket or
such into which the oil will drain? A way to dispose of the oil?

In the Piper maintenance manuals there is a detailed description
with pictures how to change the oil. I dunno about Cessna.

patrick wrote:

For anyone following, I found a cheap avionics place near RDU, as well
as a cheap hangar which I'll be moving into within the week.

Where's the hangar? DB

for what it's worth, i'll be looking at my first oil change on my
'62-172-c soon and my plan is to get my a&p to walk me thru an oil
change and plug cleaning at my hanger with my tools etc. get me set up
to do it right. he knows that i'll lose interest soon as i understand
it and just have him do it. i don't think he'll charge too much extra
for my help.

dan



Dave Butler wrote:
patrick wrote:

For anyone following, I found a cheap avionics place near RDU, as well
as a cheap hangar which I'll be moving into within the week.

Where's the hangar? DB

"houstondan" wrote in message
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for what it's worth, i'll be looking at my first oil change on my
'62-172-c soon ...
...

First oil change? After 44 years? D00d! You are WAY overdue!

:-)


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Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:
First oil change? After 44 years? D00d! You are WAY overdue!

There's an operator in Alaska who only changes oil at overhaul. He
swears by it and was the subject of some research about 10 years back.
Not sure what the results were but he claimed to be able to reach TBO
much easier on the original oil.

-Robert

For anyone following, I found a cheap avionics place near RDU, as well
as a cheap hangar which I'll be moving into within the week.

Which is the avionics shop, and at what airport did you find a cheap hangar?

-jav

Avionics shop is over at Causey (2A5), install rate is $45/hr. The
hangar is at Triple W (5W5) and hangar rent is $225. Piece of crap
airport, but finding a cheap hangar around RDU has been a tough task so
I'll take it. I get my plane back today from the shop, should be a real
nice stack now.
Patrick


Javier wrote:
For anyone following, I found a cheap avionics place near RDU, as well
as a cheap hangar which I'll be moving into within the week.

Which is the avionics shop, and at what airport did you find a cheap hangar?

-jav

patrick wrote:
Avionics shop is over at Causey (2A5), install rate is $45/hr. The
hangar is at Triple W (5W5) and hangar rent is $225. Piece of crap
airport, but finding a cheap hangar around RDU has been a tough task so
I'll take it. I get my plane back today from the shop, should be a real
nice stack now.

Thanks for the info. I've heard good things about Causey's shop. They supposedly
have a Mooney specialist there. I'll be interested in hearing how you like the work.

Yeah, 5W5 is some piece of work. Been in there at night yet? Have you seen the
pictures of the flooding there after one of the hurricanes (Fran?)? IMO plan on
moving out of there if there's a hurricane coming.

Dave