Having no luck finding out where the oil streak on my nose wheel is coming from. I thought oil was running down the tube and on to the pants, but I can't see anything that looks like black oil. I am thinking that grease may be coming from the nose wheel itself. Any thoughts?
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Still chasing oil streak
- Thread starter rwarre
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ExtraKatana
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Streak
Flooding the plenum on startup? Runs down the interior of NW fairing if conditions are right. Don't ask me how I know
Flooding the plenum on startup? Runs down the interior of NW fairing if conditions are right. Don't ask me how I know
drone_pilot
Well Known Member
Oil change caught filter oil in nose gear support. Oil then seeps around nose gear leg inside of gear leg fairing, then deposits on front wheel fairing and makes a nice streak down the side. Mine was doing that after my first oil change. I removed the cowl chasing it down and that is what I found. If you happened to be a new aircraft and have not changed the oil yet, verify your filter is on tight.
My 10 cents anyway.
My 10 cents anyway.
