"Corky Scott" wrote in message
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On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 23:19:33 -0600, Newps wrote:

The secret is knowing how to run these engines.

That may be, but John Deakin has opined that no matter how you run
them, they will require top end overhaul at around 400 hours. He's
not sure exactly why, but thinks that the problems arose when all of
Continentals old timers retired and no new engineers were hired.

So you recall which article stated this? I recall Deakin talking about all
the Trade-a-Plane copies that had STOH numbers at 800-1200 hrs. The context
about that was running ROP.

The F33 I'm trying to buy (IO-520) has 3500 hours and never had a TOH and
was replaced with a REMAN at 1800 hrs the first go round.