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07-01-2017, 01:48 PM
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Oil change help BEAVER FALLS, PA
I am about to take off on a trip to visit family.
I'm going to need to do an oil change during the trip.
Is there anyone based at KBVI, or close by that would be willing to loan me a hangar and a few tools for a couple hours so that I can do an oil change?
Thanks,
-Dan
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07-01-2017, 01:54 PM
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How many hours do you plan to put on it during your trip? Why not just wait until you get back?
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07-01-2017, 03:01 PM
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Bite the bullet and do it before the trip?
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07-01-2017, 03:42 PM
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i have a quick drain that i can reach thru the oil door. push a hose up thru the exhaust area and let it out. nice setup when needed.
do it after the trip. the oil will be ripe for changing. 
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07-01-2017, 04:17 PM
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If you change at 25-hr intervals do it after the trip. If 50, do it now. Just my recommendation. I change every 25 hours with filter every other time. Oil is cheap. Engines are expensive.
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07-01-2017, 09:18 PM
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Trip is going to be about 20 hours.
Just had some work done on the jugs and need to change the oil at 10 hours total. Only have about two on the oil so too early to change now, and will be too far over the recommended 10 by the time I get back...
-Dan
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07-02-2017, 06:24 AM
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IF you want to fly to KVVS, oil can be changed in my hangar.
Got all the tools use to build my RV-6 and everything needed to keep it flying the past 20-years.
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07-02-2017, 07:59 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jesse
If you change at 25-hr intervals do it after the trip. If 50, do it now. Just my recommendation. I change every 25 hours with filter every other time. Oil is cheap. Engines are expensive.
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Jesse I'm curious why you don't change the filter every time you change the oil?
-Marc
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07-02-2017, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Plummit
Jesse I'm curious why you don't change the filter every time you change the oil?
-Marc
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With a spin-on filter the manufacturers recommend 50 hours between oil changes. The oil breaks down as it is used (and heated) and gets contaminated. The second 25 hours is harder on the engine than the first 25 hours on the oil. The filter still filters after 25 hours, so I pull it and cut it open every 50 hours.
Draining the oil more on Gren also drain contaminants out of the engine, which is good for the engine.
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07-02-2017, 11:38 AM
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Oil
I pump mine out at 25 hours and fill with fresh . drain /replace filter at 50 hrs . I like fresh oil in the system as there is probably 2-3 quarts that stay in the system between the oil cooler and prop . Oil is pretty cheap
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