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Haven’t made it in here in a bit as all has been good. I have a 1969 Cherokee 140and some strange things have been occurring. For one, it seems to be using more oil than usual. Last add was 1 quart per 5.8 hours. It may actually be lower than that now. Last oil change was in February and...

Well, me personally I work in law enforcement and am not a believer at all in this COVID stuff but that’s for another thread. LOL. Thanks for the insight.

Yeah I definitely understand. Some of the big issues are, some CFI’s arent enthused and/or interested in sitting side by side in a sealed in 4 seater with the COVID situation. I guess I’ll wait to hear.

Trying to hold out some hope here. Is it possibility they create another extension or is it a moot point? I’m finishing up my ifr and don’t want to cram this in if I don’t have to. I’m not even sure I can get a dpe on this late of notice.

Reading through some articles it appears the Faa is not extending the sfra regarding test, flight review, medical extensions. I’m hoping this will change before the end of February and give me another 60 days for my knowledge test. Anyone have anymore information on it?

Just got my Piper 140 back from its first annual. IA found a lot of things not properly repaired/replaced in the past. Had a prebuy done when it was purchased so I’m guessing he just basically glanced over it and said it was good. I also had the new Piper AD inspection panels completed and...

I’m in the same boat. Any help on changing my displayed screen name here?

My aircraft is currently in annual for the first time since I bought it. Curious how much time it should take for an annual to be completed, meaning finding all the discrepancies, if any. It’s being completed at an fbo so I’m guessing it would be rather quickly? Curious how long til I get my...

My Piper has an all narco setup also including the transponder. Radios work fine with no issues but I know my transponder has to go eventually. I looked at a the garmin unit also. I’m curious, your plane has been down for two mo the with this? Also, if possible can you shoot me the estimated...

I was/am in a near similar situation. I started my ppl training, really unexpectedly, when my first daughter was 7 months old. Took one of those discovery flights, then tried another flight, then another etc. fast forward four years later I’m awaiting my ifr Checkride and purchased my own...

Well I have the increasing consumption, and just last week I had a problem with the right mag during run up. I was able to burn it and no issues. Both mags were installed this summer. Again the ap, pulled the plugs and did compression checks approx two weeks ago and no issues. I’m guessing...

Well I’m in northeast pa here so I’m guessing it ca t be much worse than that. I thought the poh said 6 months or 50 hours. Again, it goes in the second week of January.

I just checked the numbers according to the book in the plane. It’s due for an annual change and annual now. The last oil change was June 1. Since then I’ve been getting gradually less hours per quart. I’m now down to approximately 5.5 hours per quart after approximately 40 hours since oil...

I do have something similar in the aircraft I use also. Thanks.

I read through the spreadsheets and give you credit for the details. I am curious and confused though. It appears you only had to add 2 quarts of oil after running the engine for nearly 40 hours, which makes it approx 20 hours per quart. Is that even possible?

It took a long time. My last change was in may. I’ll say in the fall it started getting darker after 20+ hours maybe? A rough guess.

Sounds good. It’s going in for the annual in three weeks so I won’t be adding too many hours before the oil change.

Using that calculation, it seems to be almost right on at this point, and I’m adding more oil than usual, as compared to a fresh oil change. I believe it was somewhere, the older oil is, less hours per quart as it holds contaminants and more is needed in a regular basis.

In my never end quest to learn more about my aircraft and the engine, I’m curious how much oil is normal to be used by the plane. Without the actual numbers in front of me, I probably have 40 or so hours since last oil change. The oil now is very dark and I seem to be adding more frequently...

The picture doesnt quite show the whole thing, but upon a visual inspection it looks like it’s leaking from the gasket area where the exhaust pipe joins up. Wasn’t sure if/why oil would be leaking for that area. Upon above that area, in the area of the cylinder, is all clean with oil/sign of...