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reality, who does that? First of all, after only 20 minutes your engines are still piping hot; and even though you may have shut everything down and buttoned everything up, there’s still baggage and passengers, instructions for the line guy, maybe a rental car or just a long drive home. Let’s face it, at the end of a trip, checking the oil on a hot engine is not very practical.
Far more important in my book is just checking the oil, period! (Those of you out there who never check your engine oil – ever – I’m begging you to start now.) I don’t care whether you check it post-shutdown on a hot engine or if you check it before the first flight of the day, on a cold engine. Just keep doing it that way consistently.
In addition to simply verifying oil is present, you are discovering the preferred oil level for each of your engines.
Engine Oil Levels
I’ve mentioned engine oil levels many times in this column, but I get calls on this subject all the time, so it bears repeating: The PT6s on your King Air are not
“In addition to simply verifying oil is present, you are discov- ering the preferred oil level for each of your engines.”
Cessna Piston Twins
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KING AIR MAGAZINE • 17