Someone to change my oil

[Raptor05121]

To whom it concerns,

Today I visited your hangar to pick up my B-26C I dropped off for repair last night. Your mechanic was very nice and went over all of the things he has fixed: new windscreen, cleaned up the blood, patched up a few holes and put a new engine, prop and cowling on the left side. Well today I went out for a flight and was again shot at. The little .303 rounds didnt do much (something I for sure can patch up myself) but to my dismay, one stray round managed to pierce my oil return line. The dirtiest, darkest oil as black as the night started shooting out of my 0-time engine. I made it back to base safely and upon checking, my #2 engine has dirty oil as well. I think this is ridiculous how you install brand new engines with this black oil. Last time I checked, the AD oil should be a golden color when new. I look forward to my next oil change.

[Karnak]

Oil was black.  Most of these aircraft work with total loss oil systems, which is why the longer ranged aircraft have larger oil tanks.

[MachFly]

The reason why you see back oil is because your engine (and the surrounding parts) was shot and it was burned.

[JOACH1M]

The reason why you see back oil is because your engine (and the surrounding parts) was shot and it was burned.

Also probably black so u can tell from a radiator hit

[skorpion]

Also probably black so u can tell from a radiator hit

radiator hits are light gray and dont leave any marks. oil leaves marks.

[JOACH1M]

radiator hits are light gray and dont leave any marks. oil leaves marks.

If they changed the oil color to the color he saint should look it would a lot harder to tell when u hit on te enemy 

[PuppetZ]

If they changed the oil color to the color he saint should look it would a lot harder to tell when u hit on te enemy 

Oil dont stay golden for long in an engine. In a car's engine at least, after 15 min it's quite dark. Not as dark as after 5000 miles but alot darker than brand new oil. Can post pics to prove it if you want.

[JOACH1M]

Oil dont stay golden for long in an engine. In a car's engine at least, after 15 min it's quite dark. Not as dark as after 5000 miles but alot darker than brand new oil. Can post pics to prove it if you want.

I never said it didn't  I'm taking "Leave the oil black" side of this.


I know I just changed my cars oil after 2 years of driving last week. It was black 

[Devil 505]

It all really depends on the design of the engine. Some engines just run dirty, and that dirt gets into the crankcase. For example, on diesel engines (ex: Duramax) you just drained a the oil. All 10 quarts of it. Add the new oil which is golden brown color and clear. Run the engine for 15 seconds. That new oil is just as black as the old oil. It looks like black paint.

[clerick]

Oil dont stay golden for long in an engine. In a car's engine at least, after 15 min it's quite dark. Not as dark as after 5000 miles but alot darker than brand new oil. Can post pics to prove it if you want.

This has a lot to do with the filters size and efficiency.  There are aftermarket systems out there that will keep oil golden for many many miles

[B-17]

radiator hits are light gray and dont leave any marks. oil leaves marks.

Wait... If radiator hits are light gray, and oil hits are black, fire is red/orange/yellow, smoke is gray-ish, and the Smoke is red and blue, what color is the fuel?

[Dragon Tamer]

It's pink... no I actually thing it's green

I would like to add a fair point to this thread, no this is not a hijaking.  If you engine oil is hit I know that quite a few of the planes in WWII (mostly American planes) if a plane's engine oil is hit the hydrolics were fed from the engine running, once the engine stoped running hydrolics didn't work.  I would like to see this in the game.  If my engine stops running why do my landing gears still go down (and back up more importantly)... 

[Rino]

      Maybe the gear still go down because gravity still works without hydraulics? 

[Dragon Tamer]

That's what I was thinking but It shouldn't go back up.  Only the germans desocvered antigravity in WWII

[surfinn]

Ive often thought the oil stains were way over done. Couldn't it just stain the side your leak came from? Like for instance if ya get hit on the port side of the ac then just the left side of the cockpit could show a stain. Would oil really stick to a cockpit that way at 200+mph or would it eventually role off ?