The dumbest thing we've done, yet...

So last night (our "Friday" night) Mary and I spent four hours at the
hangar, remounting our "new" wheel pants.

At the same time we decided to change the oil and filter, which had around
35 hours on them. Knowing that we would be doing this, yesterday I had
attached the hose to the quick-drain on the bottom of the engine, and had
let the warm, post-flight oil drain overnight.

I finished changing the filter, cut it open and inspected it, and then moved
on to the wheel pants.

As we began reattaching the wheel pants, it became apparent that this was
not going to be a two-person job. Thus, Mary began to look around for
productive things to do. She thoroughly cleaned the wheels, scissors, and
brakes (which would soon be covered once again by the wheel pants), and then
decided that she would add the 12 fresh quarts of oil to our engine while I
cursed at the wheel pants.

What she didn't know was that the quick drain was still open....

:-(

The inside of our crankcase is really, REALLY clean now.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck ) wrote:

What she didn't know was that the quick drain was still open....

Ouch. I feel your pain.

--
Peter

Well Jay, if you would have forgotten to add the oil altogether, THAT would
have been quite dumb. I see your experience as a MRM (Maintenance Resource
Mgmt) issue...

Marco

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:HRz6d.281696$Fg5.186950@attbi_s53...
So last night (our "Friday" night) Mary and I spent four hours at the
hangar, remounting our "new" wheel pants.

At the same time we decided to change the oil and filter, which had around
35 hours on them. Knowing that we would be doing this, yesterday I had
attached the hose to the quick-drain on the bottom of the engine, and had
let the warm, post-flight oil drain overnight.

I finished changing the filter, cut it open and inspected it, and then
moved
on to the wheel pants.

As we began reattaching the wheel pants, it became apparent that this was
not going to be a two-person job. Thus, Mary began to look around for
productive things to do. She thoroughly cleaned the wheels, scissors, and
brakes (which would soon be covered once again by the wheel pants), and
then
decided that she would add the 12 fresh quarts of oil to our engine while
I
cursed at the wheel pants.

What she didn't know was that the quick drain was still open....

:-(

The inside of our crankcase is really, REALLY clean now.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Boy, if that is the dumbest thing you've ever done, you sure are a dull
person. :-)

Jay Honeck wrote:

She thoroughly cleaned the wheels, scissors, and
brakes (which would soon be covered once again by the wheel pants), and then
decided that she would add the 12 fresh quarts of oil to our engine while I
cursed at the wheel pants.

What she didn't know was that the quick drain was still open....

:-(

The inside of our crankcase is really, REALLY clean now.

Didn't they tell you that if you put that much oil in, its just gonna
blow it right back out? ;-)

In article , Marco Leon mmleon(at)yahoo.com wrote:
Well Jay, if you would have forgotten to add the oil altogether, THAT would
have been quite dumb.

I was cringing expecting that from the start of the story. It didn't
help that I started draining my oil right after I put the plane away
last time and despite the obvious open cowling, bucket of used oil, etc
I am still paranoid that somehow I could forget to finish the oil change.

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

Sounds like that new air/oil separator really works!!.... just doesn't sound
like it's plumbed correctly!
Jim Burns



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What she didn't know was that the quick drain was still open....

:-(

The inside of our crankcase is really, REALLY clean now.

If that's the dumbest thing you've ever done with an airplane, you're
a far better pilot than I :-)

PaulH wrote:

If that's the dumbest thing you've ever done with an airplane, you're
a far better pilot than I :-)

Or a better liar. :-)

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

Jay Honeck wrote:
So last night (our "Friday" night) Mary and I spent four hours at the
hangar, remounting our "new" wheel pants.

At the same time we decided to change the oil and filter, which had around
35 hours on them. Knowing that we would be doing this, yesterday I had
attached the hose to the quick-drain on the bottom of the engine, and had
let the warm, post-flight oil drain overnight.

I finished changing the filter, cut it open and inspected it, and then moved
on to the wheel pants.

As we began reattaching the wheel pants, it became apparent that this was
not going to be a two-person job. Thus, Mary began to look around for
productive things to do. She thoroughly cleaned the wheels, scissors, and
brakes (which would soon be covered once again by the wheel pants), and then
decided that she would add the 12 fresh quarts of oil to our engine while I
cursed at the wheel pants.

What she didn't know was that the quick drain was still open....

:-(

The inside of our crankcase is really, REALLY clean now.

I hope your drain pan was large...


Matt