Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 13:21:16 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mailnw.centurytel.net ([209.206.160.237] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1b4) with ESMTP id 2151518 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 13:06:39 -0400 Received: from downstairs (pppoe0299.gh.centurytel.net [209.206.249.82]) by mailnw.centurytel.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h3TH6cZP029778 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:06:38 -0700 (PDT) From: "Robert Smiley" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" Subject: RE: [LML] Optimal Oil quantity X-Original-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:06:45 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <000c01c30e71$b6acd820$927dfea9@downstairs> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2727.1300 I would assume as long as your oil temps are in range you will do fine. MY experience is to stay above 5.5 qts. I like to run one quart low at max. One time I changed the oil and filter, tested it out and all was ok on the test. 12 hours later I found oil smeared all over the right side of the fuselage. The oil filter gasket blew and there was a touch of oil on the dipstick. Oil temperatures remained normal during that episode. Bob Smiley N94RJ