How many times have I been approached by a pilot about oil leaking from his aircraft engine? – Countless!
It doesn’t matter if it is piston or turbine powered, helicopter or fixed wing, large or small. It is also a significant amount of time and money spend unnecessary on removing cowlings, cleaning the engine, running it to look for leaks – just to find, there are no leaks. Someone just spilled the oil, when topping up.
I have seen many ways of topping up oil. Most of the time improper tools and fillers are used. Resulting in oil spill both outside the cowling and inside the engine compartment. Very often the oil is even spilled over the engine itself. One flight later the oil is everywhere.
Here are a few important steps to avoid spilling your oil.
- Use proper oil filling tools and techniques. No dirty cardboard funnels or cut open soda bottles.
- Make sure the filler tools and oil can / bottles are clean and free from dirt and debris.
- Give care and attention to the topping up process.
- Insert the funnel sufficient into the oil filler, before purring the oil.
- Control the oil flow to avoid back- or overflowing the oil filler.
Save money and avoid spilling your oil – use TheCanKey FOD free FunnelCaps for turbine and piston engine oil. Read about more about TheCanKey FunnelCaps here and watch the video.
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