In article , Peter R.
writes:

Not knowing what to
expect, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the engine continued
to deliver with no roughness.

Landing was uneventful...

Good show. That's why they give you two of those.

Years ago, had an emergency in a SuperCub when a hydraulic valve lifter
assembly went fubar at 6000 agl. Performance was slowly deteriorating, and
streaks of oil started appearing on the windscreen. We declared an emergency
and arrived over FUL with over 3000 feet to spare. The clowns in the tower
wanted to vector us off towards Disneyland to decend so that they wouldn't have
to mess up the traffic in the pattern. Still not knowing the exact cause of
the problem and being concerned that the engine might quit at any moment, we
didn't think that flying away from a made airport was a good idea, and in no
uncertain terms declined the instruction. The traffic was cleared and after a
few tight circles we landed with no problem. We cleared the runway and shut
down.

Later we found out that the tower guys had a bet going on wether or not we had
run low on fuel. After landing, they had expected to see us sneak over to the
fuel pit. They didn't expect to see us imediately shut down off the taxiway.
When one of the ground workers came over and saw oil dripping out of the
engine, their contest was resolved.

John