Microlighters

I, for one, have got the autolube system stashed away where even my son- in-law cannot get hold of it. I am a firm believer in the advice rendered by the supplier/AP of my trike that the autolube is just one more introduction of a CRUCIAL function of your already vulnerable Rotax 582 that MIGHT put you down.

Failure of the autolube system is not uncommon.

Prove me wrong.

Bac

When in doubt, consult the manual.

Bacardi wrote:I, for one, have got the autolube system stashed away....

Keep it stashed away......far away :D

Quack-Mate wrote:

Bacardi wrote:I, for one, have got the autolube system stashed away....

Keep it stashed away......far away :D

Quack-Mate & Bac,

Why Many years ago, a couple of cranks went and the auto lube was "suspected".

Many auto lube configs. flying these days without an incident.

Regards
John ZU-CIB

My opinion on the auto-lube,
I have been using auto-lube since1969,when the first Suzuki AS-50 motorbikes came out with it,then fo the past 20 years or so with outboard motors and currently have a 583 with same,and not once have i had problems with auto-lube.I have how-ever seen a good couple of bikes and outbaord motors seize due to guys forgetting to put oil in or forgetting what can it was that had the oil in! So ,as most prangs with oure micros and bliks are due to pilot error, i would say ,to use autolube does give us one less chance to "error".And to be honest, i cant see anything mechanicly that can go wrong with the autolube system.Well thats just my opinion,so dont take my word for it!!!!!!
FLY SAFE
CLEM

I appreciate your views, guys, but we had a low hour trike totalled recently due to what appeared deficient lubrication on one cylinder, resulting in a shutdown over inhospitable area. Leprachaun is currently investigating and I'm confident that his findings will shed some light on this issue which has made some autolubers at our club fairly uncomfortable.

Please note that the causal assumption is purely based on visual inspection at this stage. The donkey is going for a postmortem, which may prove otherwise, hopefully.

John Young wrote:

Quack-Mate wrote:

Bacardi wrote:I, for one, have got the autolube system stashed away....

Keep it stashed away......far away :D

Quack-Mate & Bac,

Why Many years ago, a couple of cranks went and the auto lube was "suspected".

Many auto lube configs. flying these days without an incident.

Regards
John ZU-CIB

And many more with glass fuel filters without an incident.............

Bacardi,sorry about the trike .Please keep us posted!Duck,Rubber ball primerpump AND glassfilter for over 500 hrs allready by me,how did you know?

The trike was my buddy's and I am relieved to say that he escaped virtually unscathed owing to the fact that he is a highly experienced pilot, with a spare trike, and has the nasty tendency to put it down wherever there is a place spacious enough to take a leak without the thorn branches scratching his pi$$er

Quack-Mate wrote:And many more with glass fuel filters without an incident.............

Airspeed, altitude, or brains....you always need at least two

Now, let's guess which one of the three is missing.

San - it's now your turn to make the feathers fly

Regards
John ZU-CIB

John Young wrote:Why Many years ago, a couple of cranks went and the auto lube was "suspected".

So, the autolube is "suspected" but it's ok to use it?
The glass filter is also "suspected" but it's NOT ok to use it?
You put your foot in it all by yourself :D
What was that about something missing?

Now, let's guess which one of the three is missing.

Doesn't matter which one is missing.....you only need two :D

Hi Ol' Quack-up,

See you at the Durban Expo you Ol' F@#t

Regards
John ZU-CIB

Bacardi, dont lie to the fellow microlighters, you dont have any friends

:D