Fume Events
12-25-2020, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER
Also for you Guppy pilots, watch the A & B hydraulic systems for over-servicing. That can be a potential source of a fine event. They had a tendency at SWA to not follow the MX manual and only fill it to 96% but instead to over 100%.
I write it up. Some mechanics get ****ed off at me (don’t care) while others get ****ed off at the mechanic who over-serviced it. One bad fume event was more than enough for me.
I write it up. Some mechanics get ****ed off at me (don’t care) while others get ****ed off at the mechanic who over-serviced it. One bad fume event was more than enough for me.
12-25-2020, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Hobbit64
Not the first time I have heard this. My Captain wrote this up. MX balked, he made them check the books and then they fixed it.
12-25-2020, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER
It’s crystal clear in their MX manual that the hydraulics are not to be over serviced above 92%. Next time you do a walkaround look at the placards on the hydraulic reservoirs in the wheel well. Here’s what they say:
We'd be writing them up every other leg. Maybe I'll keep track of how many I see over a week and submit an ASRS.
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12-26-2020, 06:38 AM
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For the life of me I’ve never been able to pin down what I think could be the wet sock smell. I’ve had multiple occasion when an unpleasant smell fills the aircraft during descents in the CRJ but I’ve never known if that was the wet moldy socks smell that people are talking about. If I had to describe it it would be closer to dried saliva if that makes sense. Would that be what everyone’s talking about?
12-26-2020, 08:31 AM
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Is this related to the hepa filter they’ve been replacing for Covid or is it a totally different filter?
We’ve been asking for cleaner air on airplanes for decades and now it’s important when the hype can be used to attract passengers.
We’ve been asking for cleaner air on airplanes for decades and now it’s important when the hype can be used to attract passengers.
12-26-2020, 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER
Also for you Guppy pilots, watch the A & B hydraulic systems for over-servicing. That can be a potential source of a fine event. They had a tendency at SWA to not follow the MX manual and only fill it to 96% but instead to over 100%.
I write it up. Some mechanics get ****ed off at me (don’t care) while others get ****ed off at the mechanic who over-serviced it. One bad fume event was more than enough for me.
I write it up. Some mechanics get ****ed off at me (don’t care) while others get ****ed off at the mechanic who over-serviced it. One bad fume event was more than enough for me.
I'm obviously not putting 2&2 together here. How does over servicing the hydraulics create a potential fume event?
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12-26-2020, 12:19 PM
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The warning on the silver placard was what I was actually trying to post before. Not sure why it keeps wanting to upload sideways but just tilt your head 90 degrees to the left.
12-26-2020, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 4V14T0R
I'm obviously not putting 2&2 together here. How does over servicing the hydraulics create a potential fume event?
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