Comments on: Well, I’m not going to get current like that… http://blog.xcski.com/2006/03/06/well-im-not-going-to-get-current-like-that Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:58:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Tina Marie http://blog.xcski.com/2006/03/06/well-im-not-going-to-get-current-like-that/comment-page-1#comment-1714 Tina Marie Mon, 06 Mar 2006 14:23:18 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2006/03/06/well-im-not-going-to-get-current-like-that#comment-1714 <i>I just this second got an email from a more experienced person who told me that the red oil is probably from the gear strut as well.</i> He's probably right. There shouldn't be red grease in your prop - Aeroshell 5 or 7 are both black greases. The only other fluid in the prop is engine oil, and that certainly shouldn't be red. The nose strut, though, should be full of red hydralic fluid. I just this second got an email from a more experienced person who told me that the red oil is probably from the gear strut as well.

He’s probably right. There shouldn’t be red grease in your prop - Aeroshell 5 or 7 are both black greases. The only other fluid in the prop is engine oil, and that certainly shouldn’t be red.

The nose strut, though, should be full of red hydralic fluid.

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