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#1
October 10th 05, 04:04 AM
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Warrior Oil Level?
Hi Warrior/Cherokee pilots...
How full do you keep your engine? (oil level? ) Seems anything above 6 1/2 it just leaves... 5 1/2 - 6 it hardly consumes any oil at all... Ours is 1976 150 hp Lyc, 600 hrs SMOH, 4 new cyls 60 hrs ago. Compression all 73 - 76 Aircraft is new to us, we learning it...  Thoughts? Dave 
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October 10th 05, 04:24 AM
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It depends on your engine. In my IO-360 lycoming, I used to keep 8
quarts. Then, after about 500SMOH the engine started to blow out anything above 7 quarts. It depends how much blow by you get on your cylinders, I think. I teach in a Warrior, and I know the book says you can run it on very little oil but I would want to keep at least 6 quarts in it.
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#3
October 10th 05, 04:28 AM
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Seems anything above 6 1/2 it just leaves...
Yep, we always kept 6 quarts in our O-320-powered Warrior. Anything above that just blew overboard. We kept 8 quarts in O-360-powered Archers, for the same reasons. And we now keep 9-10 quarts in our O-540-powered Pathfinder. Of course, now we have an air/oil separator, so we *could* keep 12 quarts in it... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" "Dave" wrote in message ... Hi Warrior/Cherokee pilots... How full do you keep your engine? (oil level? ) 5 1/2 - 6 it hardly consumes any oil at all... Ours is 1976 150 hp Lyc, 600 hrs SMOH, 4 new cyls 60 hrs ago. Compression all 73 - 76 Aircraft is new to us, we learning it... Thoughts? Dave
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October 10th 05, 03:59 PM
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#5
October 10th 05, 05:40 PM
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For my IO360 (8 qts suggested) I fill to 7, don't re-fill until it
drops below 6.
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#6
October 10th 05, 10:14 PM
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Dave wrote:
Hi Warrior/Cherokee pilots... How full do you keep your engine? (oil level? ) Seems anything above 6 1/2 it just leaves... 5 1/2 - 6 it hardly consumes any oil at all... Ours is 1976 150 hp Lyc, 600 hrs SMOH, 4 new cyls 60 hrs ago. Compression all 73 - 76 Aircraft is new to us, we learning it... Thoughts? Dave We don't put much more than 6 quarts in our 67 Arrow. Matt
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#7
October 10th 05, 11:24 PM
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 03:59:40 +1300, Dave Doe wrote:
You *will* keep 12 quarts in it - after you've experienced a serious oil leak in flight. From 12 down to 10 in a 235 IS a serious oil leak. Only takes about 40 minutes to blow out the first qt, and about another hour for the second. z
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#8
October 13th 05, 01:03 AM
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"Paul kgyy" wrote in message oups.com... For my IO360 (8 qts suggested) I fill to 7, don't re-fill until it drops below 6. ditto
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