Logging oil changes

ShawnD2112 wrote:
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.

Right after I bought my plane, many years ago, I purposely "synchronized"
my oil changes to an exact multiple of 25 hours on the tach (3325, 3350,
3375, etc). Now, every time I see the tach getting close to a multiple of
25, I know the oil change it due, without pulling out my logs.

--- Jay


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ShawnD2112 wrote:
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.


Go to Office Depot and get those little one inch diameter round stick on
tabs. You see them as price tags at garage sales. Write the date and
tach time for the next oil change. That way you can simply compare the
tach time to the time on the tag. Tag comes right off when you want to
replace it with a new one.

Jay Masino wrote:

Right after I bought my plane, many years ago, I purposely "synchronized"
my oil changes to an exact multiple of 25 hours on the tach (3325, 3350,
3375, etc). Now, every time I see the tach getting close to a multiple of
25, I know the oil change it due, without pulling out my logs.

That's clever, and it's a good solution if you fly often enough. In my case, however,
the change intervals are 50 hours or 4 months, whichever comes first. Since I don't
fly 50 hours in 4 months, I'm stuck checking the calendar to see when it's due.

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
been looking for it.

Newps wrote:


ShawnD2112 wrote:

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.


Go to Office Depot and get those little one inch diameter round stick on
tabs. You see them as price tags at garage sales. Write the date and
tach time for the next oil change.

I think I'll go over to the Jiffy Lube accross the street and get some of
those plastic (non-adhesive) stickers they stick on car windshields to remind
people of their next oil change. That should inspire confidence in the
passengers.

My thoughts exactly, Dave.
"dave" wrote in message
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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?

Jay Masino wrote:

ShawnD2112 wrote:

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.


Right after I bought my plane, many years ago, I purposely "synchronized"
my oil changes to an exact multiple of 25 hours on the tach (3325, 3350,
3375, etc). Now, every time I see the tach getting close to a multiple of
25, I know the oil change it due, without pulling out my logs.

Yes, I do the same with my road vehicles. I change every 5,000 miles as
it is easy to remember. Fortunately, or maybe not given current gas
prices, I drive enough that I virtually never have to worry about too
much time passing between changes.

Matt

On my 172, I have an O-300D with the larger engine access door. I write the
hours and date on the oil filter when it was changed - that way, each time I
open the access door, I'm reminded of the time for next oil change.

"ShawnD2112" wrote in message
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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?

Yes we log our oil changes. My partner and I keep a log in the plane
(which is actually an Excel SS) in which we record the pilot, date,
tach start/stop & hobbs start/stop times & flight hours. I use this
to generate an invoice for both of us each month by transcribing what
we've written down into the SS. Formulas calculate the rate x hrs
flown. I also have a tab that keeps track of our hours flown year to
date and percentage of flying by partner.

In the lower right corner I enter the tach time at oil change. The
next cell down I enter the interval (40 hrs) and the cell below that
is simply the two cells added together to show when the next oil
change is due.

If anyone is interested in my SS, I'd be happy to share it. There is
some data entry involved, but I enjoy my personal race to the next
"level" of hourly experience, such as 200, 250, 275 hrs, etc.

Greg H.
N4691X

ghopp @ no.spam ohliqdotcom

That's a pretty clever idea, actually. Given how little I've been flying
lately, that's probably a more practical idea for me than matching up with
the tacho, although that's a good idea as well.

Given the real cost of the oil, it's chump change, and worth doing according
to the oil and engine manufacturer's recommendations.

Cheers,
Shawn
"Newps" wrote in message
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ShawnD2112 wrote:
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.


Go to Office Depot and get those little one inch diameter round stick on
tabs. You see them as price tags at garage sales. Write the date and
tach time for the next oil change. That way you can simply compare the
tach time to the time on the tag. Tag comes right off when you want to
replace it with a new one.

Go to Office Depot and get those little one inch diameter round stick on
tabs. You see them as price tags at garage sales. Write the date and
tach time for the next oil change. That way you can simply compare the
tach time to the time on the tag. Tag comes right off when you want to
replace it with a new one.

http://www.dealersupplyonline.com/ and click on Lube Stickers.
$29.95 gets you a life time supply of date/mileage (ok, use hours here)/
Oil Grade static cling stickers.