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Offline Blagard

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« Reply #15 on: April 02, 2007, 01:00:43 PM »
CAP1 in answer to your question:

I would say no.

Run it until it siezes as it will then auto feather.

If you try landing a P38 with one engine close to failing you may get a nasty surprise when it quits on you and you have not been set up for the sudden change of trim. A single engine a/c is easy to handle on a sudden failure.

Unless confident an engine in a twin is going to keep running right to the end I would sooner shut it down early. Thats my view anyway!
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« Reply #16 on: April 03, 2007, 07:47:12 PM »
in reference to the engine running bone dry out of oil, the engine will not sieze up ( from my experience) until it pegs the temp meter......

so shutting the engine down can sometimes help you further along before it finally siezes up we you are completely out of oil, although once out of oil, it will have a rather FAST temp rize........ be careful....
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« Reply #17 on: April 04, 2007, 09:53:19 AM »
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A CONTINUATIOPN ON THIS QUESTION....IF YOU'RE IN A TWIN ENGINED PLANE, AND GET THE develop an oil leak in one of em, while you're limping home, does it do ya any good to shut that engine down on the trip home,,,,,,to save it for a safer two engined landing?

cap1 the real answer is YESif you shut it down it will not lose any oil then restart before landing and you will garantee  it wont quit on landing but you dont have to shut it off for the whole flight home just shut it off when the oil pressure starts to get low then restart before you land.
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« Reply #18 on: April 04, 2007, 01:55:16 PM »
There seems to be a difference of opinion in the posts as to whether oil continues to leak or not when you shut down and that has a major impact on the choice. I have to say I thought leaks carried on but I don't know for sure.

If you do have oil left for landing then I would be confident of the engine continuing to run. However if the oil leaked away and you restarted, it will seize in a very short time.

My approach to this was use it, or lose it.
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« Reply #19 on: April 04, 2007, 01:57:46 PM »
from my experiance it quits leaking when you shut the engine down
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« Reply #20 on: April 04, 2007, 09:46:59 PM »
I'm no mechanic (but I DID stay at a ...well...you know) anyhow, whether it fuel leak or oil leak--as it is modeled HERE---leak rate is constant---hit the wep and get home asap
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