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Oil Leakage Chart - How much am I losing?
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 4:20 pm
by GAHorn
Here's an interesting factoid. Notice the leakage is calibrated in GALLONS. (This gives a whole new perspective with regard to Bruce's contribution to our dependancy on foreign oil.)
Oil Leakage Chart.jpg
Re: Oil Leakage Chart - How much am I losing?
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:33 pm
by Bruce Fenstermacher
Well using the rate of 1 drop every 10 seconds to make .11 gallons an hour I get 19636.3636 drops in a quart.
Using this info I created a chart showing quarts per hour loss and what that translates into.
Drops.jpg
For those Excel geeks :
Drops of oil.xls
Looking at the chart I was losing about a quart every 2.5 hours which is about 8.7 drops every ten seconds.
Re: Oil Leakage Chart - How much am I losing?
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:43 pm
by W.J.Langholz
I better put 2 cases of oil at the end of my runway.........
Bruce you are getting expensive
W.
Re: Oil Leakage Chart - How much am I losing?
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:55 am
by GAHorn
We may have figured out why there is not much "Pennsylvania-grade" oils sold anymore. Perhaps the market has been cornered.
Re: Oil Leakage Chart - How much am I losing?
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:19 am
by Bruce Fenstermacher
Remember that usage rate was BEFORE Frank made me feel guilty and seal all my pushrod tubes. I'm currently at about 1 drip per hour in the last two hours of flight. A shocking difference I doubt will keep up.
W you put 2 cases of oil on the end of your runway, I'll be sure to stop and pick them up.