ON AN AIRBUS A320; DURING A PRE-SVC CHK; AN FAA SAFETY INSPECTOR FOUND THE NOSE STRUT PISTON NOT OILED; PER THE PRE-SVC JOB CARD.

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ON SEP/XA/00 AT XA00; I WAS ASSIGNED TO ASSIST ON AN ACFT THAT WAS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO SVC. MY SHIFT BEGINS AT XA30 AND FINISHES AT XI00. WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE ACFT; THERE WASN'T ANY DIRECTION; SO I PROCEEDED TO HELP OUT ON THE EXTERIOR INSPECTION. ONE PART OF MY INSPECTION WAS TO INSPECT BOTH THE MAIN LNDG GEAR AND THE NOSE LNDG GEAR AND WHEEL WELL AREAS FOR BOTH. MEANWHILE I VISUALLY INSPECTED ALL 3 GEAR AND WHEEL WELLS. WHEN MY CO-WORKER RETURNED WITH A TIRE PRESSURE GAUGE I PROCEEDED TO CHK ALL 3 GEAR TIRE PRESSURES. IN MY ROUTINE OF THIS TYPE OF INSPECTION I WOULD NORMALLY WIPE DOWN THE STRUTS WITH 5606 HYD FLUID LAST. I WENT BACK TO THE HANGAR TO RETRIEVE THE HYD FLUID. WHEN I RETURNED; I WIPED THE L AND R MAIN LNDG GEAR STRUTS; I WAS HEADING TOWARDS THE NOSE LNDG GEAR WHEN ANOTHER CO-WORKER REQUIRED MY ASSISTANCE OPENING THE ENG FAN COWLS. AT THIS TIME I FAILED TO RETURN TO FINISHING WIPING THE NOSE LNDG GEAR STRUT. AFTER 30-45 MINS HAD PASSED THE INCIDENT WAS FOUND ON AN INTRODUCTION TO SVC INSPECTION PERFORMED BY THE FAA. I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT MY CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THIS WOULD TO HAVE BEEN TO RETURN TO MY WORK SOONER.