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"CONTACT!" "BREAKING NEWS!!!" . . ."BREAKING NEWS!!!" . . . "BREAKING NEWS!!!" Thoughts From the Desk of John P. Chmiel . . .
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Pre-Owned Magellan GPS 315 Only $50! |
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Pre-Owned Garmin 396 GPS with XM weather Only $2100!
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Mini Kites Only $2.50 ea.! |
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2007 ASA FAR/AIM’s are in stock now! Only $15.95 |
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Sale!!! New David Clark H10-30 Headset |
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February 13th |
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Where: Wausau Flying Service FBO Building When: Every Tuesday Night @ 6:30 p.m. Who: All Aviation Enthusiasts How Much: Free! |
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Join us for Flying Movie Nights in February at the Wausau Airport, Come and enjoy the film, the popcorn and hot apple cider. Remember, it will be held in the Wausau Airport FBO building. For the future line up of Movie Night Features check out the “Calendar of Events” link. |
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Robert’s Hangar How to Add Oil to Your Engine without a Funnel This Technique works great on Continental Engines where the dipstick opening is large and the standpipe is almost vertical. I haven’t tried this on a Lycoming engine, which has a smaller opening and the standpipe is angled a little bit, but give it a shot if you’d like.
So, you are away from your home airport and need to add a quart of oil and don’t have or cannot find a funnel, and you cannot find any thick paper to make a paper funnel. You really need to add that quart, so you can try to pour it into the standpipe just by eyeballing it. Then if you are like me, use a wad of towels to clean the oil that spilled on the engine because you missed the opening. There must be an easier and cleaner way. There is.
The process is pretty simple. Instead of removing the dipstick completely from the filler neck, only pull it out about half way out. Now while holding the dipstick in one hand and an open bottle of oil in the other, slowly pour the oil down the dipstick. The oil will track down the dipstick into the engine. Pretty simple huh? The properties of the oil make it adhere to the dipstick while you pour.
If the dipstick is a flexible one, like in a Cirrus or Bonanza/Baron you can even flex the dipstick a little and the oil will still stick.
Then, as the bottle empties, you can slide the spout of the bottle down the dipstick until the bottle is pouring directly into the standpipe of the engine. Now you can slide the dipstick aside and pour the remaining oil directly into the engine.
You may encounter some problems however. If you pour too fast the oil may separate from the dipstick, then you get the mess. If it is quite windy, the oil will have a harder time staying on the dipstick.
Next time you try this technique you may see someone intently watching you with a big smile on their face because they think you are going to eyeball it and give the top of your engine an oil bath because you don’t have a funnel. Then you will see the surprise on their face when you pour the oil down the dipstick and don’t spill a drop.
If you have any other neat tips or techniques you can e-mail me and I can add them to my page.
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An L-19 Bird Dog from KEAU |
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An Robinsin R44 who’s pilot visited Granite Peak |
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This Citation Jet bought fuel and hangared while its passenger conducted business in Wausau |
