If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
It's funny you wrote this when you did. I had a different mechanic take
a look at all my leaking pushrod tubes this week. The main problem is the seals don't get inserted right. After watching him do it there really is no excuse. You can see all you need to see with a flashlight and a mirror. You could clearly see where my seals didn't get seated properly. It doesn't matter which of the two seals you use, they are the same. My last mechanic used permatex on the seals. Don't. The new guy puts vaseline on the edges so they seat properly. He also doesn't use the special tool for the springs, doesn't like it. After compressing the spring he uses safety wire to hold them in position. After tube is in place he snips the safety wire and the spring snaps into place. Peter R. wrote: Sigh Nine hours now on the newly rebuilt Continental IO-520 with Superior Millennium cylinders, and already the primary fuel pump is going back to the company for repair or replacement. More importantly, oil is escaping from the #2 and #5 cylinders' push rod tube seals (at the Continental case end, for those like me who thought it was a cylinder issue). My mechanic told me that, in his experience, Continental is known for problems with these seals. Anyone have any experience with leaking push rod tube seals? Granted all of this is covered under warranty, but after three and a half months down, I wanted nothing more than to fly the wings off this aircraft now that the engine replacement work has completed. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|