Quick Tips for servicing your Engine Oil System

Just like automobiles, aircraft of all types require regular maintenance and inspections for their engine oil systems. During flight operations, an aircraft may be exposed to a number of contaminants including dirt, sand, salt, and much more. These contaminants are important to remove from the system as soon as possible, as they may lead to corrosion, abrasion, and other damages that may affect the performance or service life of the engine oil system or surrounding components. In this blog, we will discuss some quick tips that can help you establish good maintenance practices and protect your aircraft.

To ensure any damages or corrosion are caught early, the best practice is to regularly inspect critical components. When conducting a fuel nozzle inspection, for example, it is also highly beneficial to also perform a borescope inspection. This allows the pilot to spot any blisters that may be forming on either the profile or platform of the blades. This should then be cross-referenced with the manual of the aircraft in question as they will often provide various recommendations on corrosion and what is an acceptable amount or value. Keeping track of previously conducted inspections will also help you maintain a good idea of progression, as well as adhere to a regular inspection interval.

While protecting the interior of engine oil systems is extremely vital to their well-being, the exterior of the oil system or engine is also an area that should be regularly cleaned. This can be conducted during various times, such as 100-hour inspections. While cleaning the internal components of an engine, various contaminates or corrosives may be spread to the outside, leading to possible damages in the future if left unchecked. To remove these contaminants and corrosives, one should use a standard pressure hose that will not damage components, as compared to a pressure bearing washer. Washing down the engine is also beneficial as it allows pilots and workers to conduct inspections with ease. Rinsing down aircraft parts also aids in desalination, removing harmful salt from surfaces.

If you are operating an aircraft that is commonly traversing over the sea, or in areas that have high amounts of salt in the air, critical components and aircraft engine oil systems may become damaged over time. Salt can be highly corrosive, eating away at and disintegrating components, thus leading to rusting airframes and the sulfidation of hot-section components. To mitigate the damages and risk that salt poses to critical components, spray-on inhibitors are very useful. Spray-on inhibitors with salt resistive properties may be applied to sensitive hardware, allowing you to deter the risk of corrosion and extend a component’s service life.

As stated beforehand, keeping records of maintenance and inspection can go a long way to helping you maintain practices and be aware of forming damages. With records, one can also ensure that servicing is always the same, better allowing you to have data that may be cross-referenced and relied upon. To do this, it is recommended to always use the same level of servicing, whether it is cleaning, filling up the oil tank, and more.

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December 16, 2020

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