Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #68743
From: Paul Miller <pjdmiller@gmail.com>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] IO 550 oil dip stick
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 14:35:26 -0500
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
Another way you can cross check is comparing oil added after a change.  When I add 8 qts with a new filter I read something between 7-8 on the stick after a leak check ground run.  I run at that 7-ish level without much change in 25 hours, maybe half or one quart gets consumed or tossed out somewhere.

Paul

On 2013-12-26, at 14:21, George Wehrung <gw5@me.com> wrote:

All,

If you all have the IO 550 you might want to continue to read.  As the discussions continued on oil separators, breathers, etc I was becoming concerned.  Someone mentioned having the correct dip stick.  In my paperwork I found a TCM service bulletin regarding dip sticks and that you need to check to ensure you have the correct one installed.  I couldn’t find a part number on ours.  So I ordered one.  When I compared the two, I noticed that they were almost a quart apart.  It would seem that I was overfilling according the new gauge, which might explain all of the oil on the belly of our plane.  <IMG_3076.jpg><IMG_3077.jpg><IMG_3078.jpg><IMG_3079.jpg><IMG_3080.jpg><IMG_3081.jpg>
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