Cessna Cardinal Oil & Filter Change | Cutting open the Oil Filter | Lycoming

Join along as I change the oil and filter in my 177B Cardinal N7736L which is powered by a Lycoming O-360 180 hp 4-cyl air cooled engine. Video includes oil & filter change as well as cutting open a Tempest oil filter for inspection by an AP / IA. This video was created August 24, 2022 in Fremont, Nebraska (airport ID KFET).
Products mentioned include:
1) Phillips 66 XC 20-50 Aviation Oil-Purchased from www.AirplaneOil.com
2) Tempest EZ Spin Filter tempestplus.com/product/oil-f...
3) Form-A-Funnel Aviation Flexible Funnel formafunnel.com/
*Video not intended for flight or aircraft repair instruction. Created for entertainment only.
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Many thanks to George Richmond for his expertise and assistance.

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As next best thing to an oil analysis, I put the entire pleat in a container of varsol, agitate and remove, then swirl a neodium magnetic backing clip from an ID badge through the varsol and across all the surfaces of the container to gather all ferrous matter. The little button magnets on the clip are extremely powerful and collect pretty much all ferrous metal. After the varsol evaporates from the magnets, I'll see a little bit of microscopic fuzz stuck to the outer circumference of the magnets. For non ferrous, I put the varsol in a black plastic takeout food tray, let it settle, then drain it out and look at what's on the bottom, like panning for gold. Usually some very fine speckles of grey metal are visible, normal piston skirt or wrist pin plug wear. Lycoming considers significant size metal fragments, up to 9 pieces, to be acceptable. I expect that nearly all the really fine ferrous and non ferrous particles are shed during engine starts.

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Very smart man 🎉