oil

Howdy. I took a flight in my 182 with an O-540 J3C5D last week and after being on the ground for a while we noticed a bit of oil dripping out on the ground. I've owned the plane for less than a year so I don't know how it acts in the hottest weather yet. It was 100*+ outside and the aircraft...

Good evening everyone, Was doing the first oil change after 50hrs on my 1969 Arrow 200 (IO360 C1C). I unscrewed the gold cap of the drain plug and pushed up on the inner cylinder to let the oil drain. All was fine and the oil came out, however once I went to let the plug down it just won't come...

Hi all, Recently picked up my Commander 112A from ADSB upgrade and when I wanted to set cruise settings, the prop leveler wont stay and will go forward. Now, on the preflight, I noticed oil in my left tank fuel sump. Engine fuel sump and right tank sump were clean. Didnt noticed the issue on...

Recently my Ercoupe's C-85 lost oil prime which resulted in no oil pressure on start-up. Unfortunately, it ran for around 15-minutes - including a run-up, before being noticed. Long story, it was a "friend" warming up plane for oil change and did not notice. I know, I know, the engine is...

For those committed to non-synthetic oils, the choices seem to boil down to single-weight Aeroshell and multi-vis Phillips. But I see there's a Phillips Type A, which appears to be plain, old dinosaur oil just like Aeroshell, but at a lower price. Is that what it is? Is there some reason...

I have a oil-thirsty Lycoming TIO-540 (~1000 TTSN), must add a quart every seven hours. Everything else looks very good. Strong power, temperatures by the book, good compresion on all cylinders, not foul plugs problems, easy start, no external leaks, ...but still I am a little worried. What is...