moving2time
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I am flying my CUB out of a grass field and it gets very wet during the winter and spring and I don't plan on mounting skies so I'm thinking that I should do something to put my engine away for the winter.
I was talking to a fellow Continental owner, flying a Piet-n Pull (Not Spelled right), about it and he mentioned that there is a position to leave your crank so that all of the valves are closed to keep air from circulating inside the pistons. Anyone know how to find that position?
He also mentioned that he watched someone feed a spray of oil through the air intake with the filter removed while the engine was running to coat the inside of the engine. Literally sprayed it through the prop in front of the air intake and it sucked up the oil. They did it till the engine stopped. Then they turned it till the valves were closed to seal it up for the winter.
Another gentleman mentioned that it is best not to crank the engine through during the winter because it would scrape any oil that was coating the cylinders off the cylinder walls.
The comment about locating the position where all of the valves are closed sounds like a good idea. So does not pulling the engine through during the winter. I'm not so sure about spraying oil into the air intake.
Any comments on these suggestions?
Any better or additional ideas?
This is my first year owning a plane. I was able to put more than 40 hours on my CUB since my purchase in July and I am fairly happy with my CUB so far. Looking forward to expanding my reach next season.
Looking for great destinations from Lorain County Ohio. Joe B
I was talking to a fellow Continental owner, flying a Piet-n Pull (Not Spelled right), about it and he mentioned that there is a position to leave your crank so that all of the valves are closed to keep air from circulating inside the pistons. Anyone know how to find that position?
He also mentioned that he watched someone feed a spray of oil through the air intake with the filter removed while the engine was running to coat the inside of the engine. Literally sprayed it through the prop in front of the air intake and it sucked up the oil. They did it till the engine stopped. Then they turned it till the valves were closed to seal it up for the winter.
Another gentleman mentioned that it is best not to crank the engine through during the winter because it would scrape any oil that was coating the cylinders off the cylinder walls.
The comment about locating the position where all of the valves are closed sounds like a good idea. So does not pulling the engine through during the winter. I'm not so sure about spraying oil into the air intake.
Any comments on these suggestions?
Any better or additional ideas?
This is my first year owning a plane. I was able to put more than 40 hours on my CUB since my purchase in July and I am fairly happy with my CUB so far. Looking forward to expanding my reach next season.
Looking for great destinations from Lorain County Ohio. Joe B
