I would _think_ that the rust that can accumulate in 60 days on an oily
surface like your cylinders is going to be microscopic in thickness. So
anything that gets scraped off would be microscopic in size. If you had rust
thick enough to scape off in visible shavings, I would think it would be
enough to sieze the engine. But, I've never run an experiment where I've
left an engine sit for 60 days then measured the rust thickness. Were the
metal shavings shiny or rust? If they were shiny, then it wasn't rust from
the bores, eh?

If you take the prop off when you put the tow hook on, it should improve the
L/D, right?
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"Maule Driver" wrote in message
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Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:
Rust might end up in the oil analysis, but I don't see how some surface
rust
from the bores would end up as metal shavings in the filter. (If I recall
correctly, that's what you found, right?) :-(

We have fine metal partices - where from we don't know. How surface rust
from the bores would appear in the filter? I don't know. What would you
expect to see in such a situation?

Does a Maule come with a Tost or Schweizer hook as an option? (And I
don't mean on the tail end...)
;-)
No hook but it has such a attention getting glide ratio that I think I'll
wait to get the vibrator fixed. Actually I do have some 2-22 time....