BUT PLEASE keep the silly entrys out of the log books because you only get a name for yourself for wasting time. {Or we think your trying to impress the J F/O!}
Perceived "Silly entries" cost me my job a few years ago. I recorded the following entries in the Australian CASA designed maintenance release after flying a Beech Duchess of a "reputable" GA operator.
Glide slope and marker beacons inoperative.
Left door came open after lift off.
Left fuel gauge needle large oscillations in cruise then flicked to zero.
Right CHT gauge inoperative in cruise -OK on run up.
Aileron trim knob moves when control column wheel turned.
Nosewheel shimmy at slow speed on landing run.
On reading the entries the aircraft owner advised I was no longer permitted to fly his aircraft because I made made "trivial" entries in the defect column of the maintenance release. I was out of a job.
As far as "consulting" with an engineer before writing up a defect in the maintenance document that is fine as long as the "consulting" isn't another word for keeping the maintenance squeaky virgin clean until the next sucker pilot cops the problem. I have seen this a few hundred times in my career in general aviation in Australia and it still is a cancer in the industry with the regulator conveniently looking in the other direction pleading lack of resources.