Winter Storage

[cap41]

If storing an aircraft for 4-5 months over winter. What needs to be done to the engine/aircraft. C-75 engine.

[kilpicki]

manufactures maintenance manual

[iflyforpie]

manufactures maintenance manual, jeez why do people own aircraft and don't know how to tie their shoes.

You mean, in here?

http://www.aeronca.com/manuals/Continen ... Manual.pdf

Please tell me where it says ANYTHING about how to prep an engine for storage beyond 60 days, smart ass.

[cap41]

Why do you own a car and go have a mechanic fix the brakes?
Why buy a house, and have someone else do the plumbing? or framing, or service the furnace.

Because different people have different strength.

I asked in the maint section, as this is the place i thought I could get a professional opinion.

Yours seems to be arrogance.

[culver10]

AeroShell Fluid 2F is an engine storage oil which works very well. Also make sure your last tank of gas was Avgas and not car gas as the Avgas will not go bad as quickly as car gas does. A plastic bag over the intake and breather is recommended and also recommended are desiccant packs up the exhaust pipes with a tight fitting rubber ball to keep them in. Canadian Tire also sells an engine storage spray that I spray in the cylinder through the spark plug hole. I have been using the CT spray and Avgas in my riding lawn mower, outboard motor and all of my other small engines and they fire right up and work great in the spring.

[cap41]

Thanks so much for the advice.

[Chris M]

There are also desiccant sparks plugs you can swap in place of your normal ones if so inclined:

http://www.aircraftspruce.ca/catalog/ep ... rplugs.php

The biggest enemy of your engine in storage is moisture, so anything you can do to get it out of the crankcase will help. If you're feeling particularly industrious and/or proactive and have electricity available at the plane you could build or buy an engine dehydrator system that pumps dry air in through the dipstick or oil filler and draws it out through the breather. An aquarium aerator pump, container with desiccant inside, some hose, the right fittings to make it work, and an outlet timer will make you a system that can pull the relative humidity in the engine to near zero for very little money.

http://www.n4429l.com/styled-3/index.html