Tony Armour Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 I change the oil myself but usually just have my mechanic check the screen at annual. I just received my first suspect oil report in 13 years. While not horrible it is suspect because mine have always been excellent reports. I'm a little concerned now and first on the list is to see if the screen has any metal big enough to read the part numbers from (LOL). I believe it's a larger size socket and I don't keep them at my hangar so if someone knows it will save me from carrying a box full. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinwing Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 That’s one job I delegate to the young wirely mechanic to access...it’s a neckache Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Culver LFA Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 I’ve got one here with that is 5/8”, and another that is 7/8”, so it might be tough to go off of what others have installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Armour Posted January 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2019 Haha, thanks. I had seen some much larger. I do believe the Bravo is a pita, and that's why it isn't done every oil change..... until now I guess :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Armour Posted January 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 Mine is 5/8" Easy out. Mother of crapping sob frikken .... oh never mind .... back in :-) Actually easy in too, but a pain to safety wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 My oil screen gets checked at every oil change. @AGL Aviationposted a couple of videos here a few months ago starring Nathan who has the task down pat. Bloody knuckles and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGL Aviation Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 5/8”... do watch the video. Expect a little blood... Our royal highnesses are sometimes hateful but love them anyway Perhaps I should get Lynn and Nathan to do another video talking about metal contaminants Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 Tony, it hasn't been noted here but the PITA about the task is safety wiring the nut when it is reinstalled. If you watch the video you'll see that a couple of extra tools make it easier, make that possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LANCECASPER Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 5 hours ago, Tony Armour said: Mine is 5/8" Easy out. Mother of crapping sob frikken .... oh never mind .... back in :-) Actually easy in too, but a pain to safety wire. Did you find anything in the screen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
211º Posted September 8, 2019 Report Share Posted September 8, 2019 I'm adding a link to the video to this thread. Thanks Nathan and @AGL Aviation! LInk to thread with three videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Armour Posted October 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2019 On 1/24/2019 at 12:30 AM, LANCECASPER said: Did you find anything in the screen? Lance sorry for the late reply. I found nothing pertaining to the oil report, although I’m not 100% on that.....we don’t think this would cause the report issues. I have had normal report since. What I did find in the screen was pieces of the rubber dampeners from one of the mags. I forget the exact name but dampens between the mag and engine gears. These rubber parts were heat hardened and the pieces I found were quite scary until I figured out what they were :-o On a good note it caused me to pull the mag (to replace isolator) and during that process, resetting the e-gap and then retiming solved my hot start issue that had starting creeping up. I looked for a picture of said part but haven’t located it yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Armour Posted October 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2019 On 1/23/2019 at 10:42 PM, Bob_Belville said: Tony, it hasn't been noted here but the PITA about the task is safety wiring the nut when it is reinstalled. If you watch the video you'll see that a couple of extra tools make it easier, make that possible. Actually it was noted, by me, above :-) I will watch the video but I’m guessing the tio540 may be somewhat different (harder) than a normally aspirated 4 cylinder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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