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Alan, Same thing happened to me, except I was flying along with another Coupe (Tweety Bird) over east Texas and I called on the radio to see if they smelled the forest burning below? Guess you can figure out the rest. Great thing about those GPS nearest buttons. Down in a flash. We've got to do something about the cap loosening gremlin! No real harm, but it does cause a pucker factor. Hank 47HG Austin ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Fairclough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 3:29 PM Subject: [COUPERS] Not oil goes well with a coupe. > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > Last weekend I took a trip in my coupe down to Dauphin Island MS, which > by the way, is a real nice place to go. > I had just flown over lake Charles when I started to notice my oil > pressure was low. Temperature was lower than normal too. > The engine was running so from that moment on, I kept in mind the plane > was insured and I was flying the insurance company's plane. I came > first. I got hold of Lake Charles approach and they pointed me at the > nearest airport. Welch field was 8 miles off my 10 O'clock so that is > where I landed with the oil pressure almost down to zero. > Upon landing I nearly killed myself getting out of the plane, there was > oil all over the no-skid surface and I slipped and fell on the grass. > The oil cap had backed off and if it had no dipstick on it it would be > gone. There was oil all over the place except for in the engine. > I added 2 1/2 quarts and made sure the idiot that had put the oil cap on > earlier that morning put it on tight this time. (Said idiot shall > reamain nameless, of course). > It would make said idiot real happy to find out that this is a common > occurrence and could happen to anyone... > Has anyone thought of a way of keeping the cap on in a more secure > way?... > How long can a C-75 fly without oil? > > > Alan Fairclough <-- No family history of mental illness. > N87333 > Kingwood, TX > > > ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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