Cessna 182 1978 - Page 39

MODEL
182
& T182
SERIES
SERVICE
MANUAL
h. If carburetor is removed from engine, place a bag engine should be replaced.
of desiccant
in throat of carburetor
air adapter. Seal
b. The cylinder
bores of all engines
prepared for
adapter with moisture
resistant paper and tape or a
indefinite storage should be resprayed with corrosion-
cover plate.
preventive mixture
every six months, or more
fre-
i Place
a bag of desiccant in the exhaust pipes and
quently if bore inspection indicates corrosion
has start-
seal the openings with moisture resistant tape. ed earlier than six months. Replace all desiccant and
j. Seal cold air inlet to heater
muff with moisture dehydrator
plugs. Before spraying, engine should be
resistant tape to exclude moisture and
foreign objects inspected for corrosion
as follows: Inspect interior of at
k. Seal engine breather by inserting
a dehydrator least one cylinder
on engine through the spark plug
MS27215-2 plug in breather hose and clamping
in hole. If cylinder shows start
of rust, spray cylinder
place corrosion-preventive oil and turn prop over six times,
1 Seal all other engine openings exposed
to atmo- then respray all cylinders.
Remove at least one rocker
sphere. using suitable plugs
or non-hygroscopic
tape. box cover
from engine and inspect
valve mechanism.
m. Attach a red streamer
to each place
on the en-
gine where bags of desiccant are placed.
Either attach 2-16. RETURNING
AIRCRAFTTO SERVICE. After
red streamers outside of sealed
area with tape or to in- indefinite
storage, use the following procedure to re-
side of sealed area with safety wire to
prevent wicking turn the
aircraft to service.
of moisture into sealed area.
a. Remove aircraft
from blocks. Check tires for
n. Drain
corrosion-preventive mixture
from engine correct
inflation.
sump and reinstall drain plug or close
drain valve. b. Check
and install battery.
c.
Remove all materials
used to seal and
cover
NOTE openings.
d. Remove
warning
placards
posted at
throttle
The corrosion-preventive mixture
is
and propeller.
harmful to paint and should be wiped e. Remove and clean engine oil screen, then re-
from painted surfaces immediately, install and safety. On aircraft equipped with an exter-
nal
oil filter,
install
new
filter.
o. Attach a warning placard on the
throttle control f. Remove oil
sump drain plug or open drain
knob to the effect that the engine contains no lubricat- valve and drain sump. Install or close drain valve and
ing oil. Placard the propeller to the effect that it safety. Service engine with oil per figure 24.
should not be moved while the engine is in storage. g. Service and install the induction air filter.
p. Prepare
airframe for storage as outlined
in para-
graph 2-11., steps
"a." through "f.".
NOTE
2-15. INSPECTION DURING
STORAGE. (Air- The corrosion-preventive
mixture will
planes with a Lycoming engine.) Aircraft in
indefinite mix with the engine
lubricating oil, so
storage
shall be inspected as follows:
flushing the oil system is not
necessary.
a. Inspect cylinder protex plugs each seven days. Draining the oil sump will remove enough
b. Change protex plugs if their
color indicates an of the
corrosion-preventive mixture.
unsafe
condition.
c.
If the protex
plugs have changed
color in
one half
WARNING
of the cylinders,
all desiccant
material in the engine
should be replaced
with new material.
d. Respray
the cylinder interiors with corrosion
On aircraft with a Continental
engine,
preventive mixture
every six months and
replace des-
upon returning
the aircraft to service do
iccant and protex plugs.
not use the corrosion-preventive oil refer-
enced
in paragraph
2-14.
NOTE
h. Remove dehydrator
plugs and spark
plugs or
Before spraying, inspect
the interior of plugs installed
in spark plug holes. Rotate propeller
one cylinder
for corrosion through the
several revolutions by hand to clear
corrosion-
spark plug hole
and remove at least one
preventive mixture from cylinders.
rocker box cover and inspect the valve
i. Clean, gap and install
spark plugs and rotate
mechanism.
propeller by hand though the compression
strokes of
all the cylinders
to
check for
possible liquid
lock.
215A.
INSPECTION DURING
STORAGE. (Air-
Torque plugs the
value specified in Section
11 or 11A.
planes with a Continental
engine.) Aircraft in indefi- j. Check
fuel strainer. Remove and clean filter
nite storage
shall be inspected
as follows:
screen. Check
fuel cells and fuel
lines for moisture
and
a. Aircraft prepared for indefinite storage should
sediment. Drain enough fuel
to eliminate moisture
have cylinder dehydrator
plugs visually inspected ev-
and sediment.
ery 15 days. The plugs should be changed
as soon as k. If the carburetor
has been preserved with oil,
their color indicates unsafe conditions of storage.
If the drain it by removing the drain
and vapor vent plugs
dehydrator plugs
have changed color
in one-half or
from
the regulator
and fuel control unit.
With mix-
more of the cylinders, all
desiccant material on the ture control
in "Rich" position, inject service type
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