Oil leak on top of the engine

"Fly" wrote in message
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No they shouldn't be that loose. Torqueing a bolt is to put a higher
load
on it then the load it sees in service.
It wasn't torqued to begin with or something else has changed..

I would check all the cylinder holdown nuts and thru-bolts before I flew
it
again.

Lyc or TCm has a service bltn explaining how to measure the rotating
resistance of the engine by using a spring scale on the prop. Take a
measurement then torque the thru bolts then take another measurement.
A significant change is signs of bearing pinch.

Good luck and hope for the best.

Kent Felkins



This one gets my vote for thread of the week, I will watch out for this from
now on. I am suprised its not on the annual check list. In fact, I may have
to go check for that.