2006 Annual Inspection -- Complete

I had a minor oil weep in my Lyc O-360-A1A and tryied the patch the
seams. Worked for a while but started again. Only way I got rid of it is
when I purchased a factory OH engine. I hope your's works better than
mine did.

Ross
KSWI

Jay Honeck wrote:

Well, not too many surprises this year, other than the ELT. (Which I
suspected would not pass again, and it didn't.)

snip

4. Engine Oil Leak. We flew around an hour today, and didn't see any
signs of oil, but that's not much of a test. We'll see if the goop my
A&P put on the engine does any good over time.

snip
:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Oil leaks can be tricky. I bought my Bonanza last August. Didn't seem
to be much oil usage. I then changed the oil and filter. After 6 hours
I was down two quarts. Very little on the belly and nothing on the
floor. Put two quarts in and flew 6 more hours, down 1/2 quart to nine
and a half quarts. Flew six more and it's still at 9.5 quarts. So I'll
just keep watching it and see.



Ross Richardson wrote:
I had a minor oil weep in my Lyc O-360-A1A and tryied the patch the
seams. Worked for a while but started again. Only way I got rid of it is
when I purchased a factory OH engine. I hope your's works better than
mine did.

Ross
KSWI

Jay Honeck wrote:

Well, not too many surprises this year, other than the ELT. (Which I
suspected would not pass again, and it didn't.)

snip

4. Engine Oil Leak. We flew around an hour today, and didn't see any
signs of oil, but that's not much of a test. We'll see if the goop my
A&P put on the engine does any good over time.

snip

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Newps" wrote in message
...
Oil leaks can be tricky. snip So I'll
just keep watching it and see.

Ditto. Our left engine left a "KilRoy was here" at each stop during our
trip to Vegas and back. We started out with both engines at 12 quarts.
After 25 hours, the right showed 9.5 and the left showed 9. At each enroute
stop the difference was nearly indiscernible. The right engine was fairly
clean, the left was fairly oily, so I'm guessing that we leaked 1/2 quart in
25 hours. Haven't been able to figure out where it's leaking from. It
settles upon the back side of the fuel injector throttle body housing, drips
into the housing then out the vent hose. Everybody we've talked to about it
says "Wow, I'd be happy if that's all mine used in 25 hours!" hrmph...
doesn't make me feel any better.

Jim

Who does your annual here in Billings?

Milt. He works at Corporate Air on the west end and owns a T hangar.
His hangar is the far west hangar, north side. He drives a white F150.
Best mechanic I've had so far.



smackey wrote:
Who does your annual here in Billings?

Ross Richardson wrote:
: I had a minor oil weep in my Lyc O-360-A1A and tryied the patch the
: seams. Worked for a while but started again. Only way I got rid of it is
: when I purchased a factory OH engine. I hope your's works better than
: mine did.

As long as we're describing our respective aircrafts' prostrate problems, My
O-360-A3A had some weeping on the upper case halves. Re-torquing didn't fix it, and
it was just enough to have a slight sheen on the case after a flight. Ran a bead of
RTV down the top and it doesn't leak anymore. No worries.... there are some things
that'll seal it non-intrusively. I doubt it on a crank seal, though...

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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