Oil Change in P3DV4 with newest update

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Oil Change in P3DV4 with newest update

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I have hit 24 hours and I have done an oil change. Before the oil change the color of oil on the dipstick was a darker gold. Upon performing the oil change which I have tried several different ways such as emptying the oil in the payload tab and selecting "Change" in the maintenance hangar, adding the additive and selecting "Ok". I then go perform a walk around and when checking the oil I now have a dirty brown color.
Also in the maintenance hangar I have clicked on the oil filter to replace it which there it is labeled "replace oil and filter". Upon doing this nothing has changed. Any ideas?
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Re: Oil Change in P3DV4 with newest update

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I will check this out. But you should be able to change the color of the oil simply by removing oil then adding it. Is this working as expected?

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This all tests OK on my system. I made the oil dirty and could slowly clean it by removing and adding oil. Then an oil filter change completely adds clean oil.
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I haven't flown the Bonanza since this discussion as I still couldn't figure out why the oil color did not change. At 25 hours I would think the oil would be a dark color (black at least) but I remember before I changed it the color was still gold. After I changed oil/filter the color was dark brown.

I will play with it again when I return home from Florida. Gotta make a T-28 fly again in the mean time.

Thanks for the reply Scott
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Only 15 hours on the engine and the oil is getting darker. Seems about right to me.

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Re: Oil Change in P3DV4 with newest update

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Could be that I need to reinstall the Bo. I was watching a lot of people have issues on the first install and their issues were usually fixed on a second install. Maybe this is my answer.
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