On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:42:47 GMT, "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 have a PA28-180 with a quick drain on the bottom of the Lycoming.
You can take off the lower cowl to drain the oil -or- you can attach a
flexible hose to the quick drain and route the oil to a bucket.

I had the hose slip off the quickdrain and dump about 2 quarts of oil
into the bottom of the cowling, front wheelpant, and eventually the
hangar floor. What a mess to cleanup.

I now make sure the hose is fully attached, and stress relieved
/supported before activiating the quick drain.

-Nathan