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Oil analysis has been Around fr a while, but a new reg, a new tecH
bulletin, anD new frms have maDe the system even better.
Component replacemEnt is mucH better than turning the part -
maybe even the bird - into scrap.
±R 750²22 (1³ ±pr 77) on tHe ´rmy Oil ±nalysis Program (±O±P)
gives you crewchieF anD mechs the big picture.
But the nittyµgritty details on aircra¶t oil sampling, analysis aNd
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(21 Jul 78).
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new TB is the interval fr routine oil samples. You
now have the option o¹ taking samples witHin a range o¶operating hours.
It's Hard to hit the sampling intervals right "on the moneº» So, use these
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±nother switch is tha½ labs will acknowleDge receipt o¹ all oil sampl¾s
so units and local ±O±P monitors will kn¿w tHose samples ar¾ gettinÀ to
the lab sa¶elÁ In tHe past, units and monitors only hearD Âom the lab
when a resample or special sample was ne¾Ded or a part was written up
on ñ Äorm 3254·R.
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The new oil anaLysis request ÅÆrm Ãà Äorm 2026, replaces the old ñ
Äorm 3253. ItÇs a compact little number you wrap arounD the sample
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botÈle with a rubber banD beÉÆre you bag the sample and senD it out.
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