Colder weather.

[Guitarmaster]

Just wanted to remind everyone; soon the weather will turn cold and to make sure you remove four quarts of oil from your engine and replace it with 4 quarts of anti-freeze. That way your engine will not freeze up in the cold weather.

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[XXX]

Don't forget about the snow tires or chains.

 

[1964-M20E]

I have 3 wheel drive and a variable 12,000' lift kit on mine so I don't have to worry.

 

[Hank]

Hmmmm . . . Here in LA, we don't have to worry about cold weather. We're still in the 90s in the afternoon.

[Guitarmaster]

Hmmmm . . . Here in LA, we don't have to worry about cold weather. We're still in the 90s in the afternoon.

[JKSmith]

What do you guys use to pre heat? 

[Guitarmaster]

100w light bulb stuck in the cowl flap and a blanket. Engine temp stays around 50° when hanger temp is -20°

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[Guitarmaster]

100w light bulb stuck in the cowl flap and a blanket. Engine temp stays around 50° when hanger temp is -20°

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A P P A R A N T L Y.... You have to install the light bulb in a fixture THEN plug it in and stick it in the cowl flap. Simply putting the bulb in the cowl flap won't work..

[Oldguy]

1 hour ago, Hank said:

Hmmmm . . . Here in LA, we don't have to worry about cold weather. We're still in the 90s in the afternoon.

But to be fair, that's only until the end of October. Then it drops into the 70's.... 

[Hank]

8 hours ago, Oldguy said:

But to be fair, that's only until the end of October. Then it drops into the 70's.... 

Maybe up there in North Alabama . . . .

[Rustler]

To keep the cabin warm, try one of the kerosene or gasoline camp lights. They get hot fast.

If you live where winter doesn't last long, you could hire a politician to sit in the cabin overnight.

[Hank]

8 hours ago, JKSmith said:

What do you guys use to pre heat? 

I have a Reiff heater glued to my oil pan. Worked well in southern Ohio winters. Life got better with a cell switch to turn it on (and off when I couldn't fly), saving much driving back and forth to the airport on cold, snowy nights. Bought it from Phillip in the Vendor section here, works great, easy to use. Just don't need it as much since moving back South, but it's not uncommon to be below 40° around sunrise.

I've been known to out a small electric heater in the cabin during preflight.

[gsxrpilot]

We're still dreaming about cold weather here in Texas. It's been flirting with 100 all this week.

[DonMuncy]

A bunch of you guys don't have enough to think about.  

[Hank]

He's just trying to get ready before winter shuts him down!

[JKSmith]

4 hours ago, Hank said:

I have a Reiff heater glued to my oil pan. Worked well in southern Ohio winters. Life got better with a cell switch to turn it on (and off when I couldn't fly), saving much driving back and forth to the airport on cold, snowy nights. Bought it from Phillip in the Vendor section here, works great, easy to use. Just don't need it as much since moving back South, but it's not uncommon to be below 40° around sunrise.

I've been known to out a small electric heater in the cabin during preflight.

My father in law's Saratoga has some kind of a dipstick heater that he reccomends, a club member reccomends preheating with a heater blowing across the cylinders to allow the metal to get to the same temp, and my A&P reccomends the Tanis system. Electricity scares me when it's un supervised, but winter time is really the only time of the year I can get a lot of flying time in.

one question i do have is, wouldn't it be detrimental to have the oil warm and the heads cold, or warm heads and cold oil, wouldn't it mix like a hot glass and cold water? Over time of course, my goal is keeping my engine healthy 

[Guitarmaster]

My father in law's Saratoga has some kind of a dipstick heater that he reccomends, a club member reccomends preheating with a heater blowing across the cylinders to allow the metal to get to the same temp, and my A&P reccomends the Tanis system. Electricity scares me when it's un supervised, but winter time is really the only time of the year I can get a lot of flying time in.

one question i do have is, wouldn't it be detrimental to have the oil warm and the heads cold, or warm heads and cold oil, wouldn't it mix like a hot glass and cold water? Over time of course, my goal is keeping my engine healthy 

Mike Busch would agree with you. I I had no idea how bad cold starts are for an engine until I went to his seminar on TBO and Beyond at Oshkosh this year.

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[Hank]

34 minutes ago, JKSmith said:

My father in law's Saratoga has some kind of a dipstick heater that he reccomends, a club member reccomends preheating with a heater blowing across the cylinders to allow the metal to get to the same temp, and my A&P reccomends the Tanis system. Electricity scares me when it's un supervised, but winter time is really the only time of the year I can get a lot of flying time in.

one question i do have is, wouldn't it be detrimental to have the oil warm and the heads cold, or warm heads and cold oil, wouldn't it mix like a hot glass and cold water? Over time of course, my goal is keeping my engine healthy 

With the heater on overnight, the whole engine is warm to the touch. Winter flying is great (except the preflight!), climb rates are much better. I was in Lawrence Co., OH, for nine years and hope to never see another snowflake.