Oil level
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- 1911Tex
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Oil level
Max 6 quarts, minimum 4 quarts; got it. At what level do you keep your IO-240 without it blowing out? I am used to a 182, 12 quarts blowing out to 10. Thanks.
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Re: Oil level
I keep mine between 4.5 and 5.5 and it's never been an issue. I'll usually add 1/2 quart when it's around 4.7 and save the other half. My engine is around 1/2 life and it burns 1 quart every 60hrs - not much at all.
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Re: Oil level
Depends on the dipstick, too.
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Re: Oil level
We usually run our Diamonds between 5 and 6. Our logbooks state max 6 add when below 5 reading the dipstick. It seems to work out ok. We try not to specify quarts or liters as that seems to add to the confusion even more.
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Re: Oil level
Thanks again to all of you, I really appreciate your input. 25 hours on OH getting ready to change mineral to 20/50 with Camguard. Great little engine, IO-240.
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Re: Oil level
Same with my IO-240B. Does not like to keep 6 qts - will spread the last 1/2 qt on the belly during flight - even with an air-oil separator attached. From 5 1/2 and below, oil consumption is very very low. Just had to change my mindset about adding qts of oil - and get use to adding oil by the 1/2 quart, not a full quart. During oil changes, my logbook entries now say "...added 5.5 quarts of oil..." vice saying 6.