Why is LOP (lean of peak) controversial?
Matt Barrow wrote:
Hey, I have Superior Milleniums on my Bo too. Bet you didn't get yours
for free like I did.
Weren't you having trouble with the folks at Millennium? What's the poop?
I never had Milleniums. The guy who owns Pponk told me he would not
sell me Milleniums unless I absolutely had to have them. They were
having warranty issues with Superior. I don't know if that has changed
or not, I hope so. At my annual last month I had a bad cylinder, the
head was pulling apart from the base. I mentioned this fact on a Beech
email list that I am involved with. One of the vice presidents of
Superior, who flies a Baron, contacted me and originally offered me a
free cylinder assembly if I would send them the bad cylinder. I said
sure. Then the next day they offered me 6 cylinders if I would send all
six of mine back to them. I said sure. When I originally posted my
email I mentioned that my cylinders were .010 oversize and I think they
realized that sending me one free cylinder was kind of silly, I couldn't
use it. I was just going to sell it on ebay. Then they sent an email
saying they would pay for next day air both ways and then another email
saying they would pay for removal and replacement, which was $1500. I
now have about 7 hours on my top overhaul. I also get a 3 year/500 hour
no questions asked warranty which everbody who buys their cylinders
gets. So that was about a $9000 deal I got just for mentioning my
original cylinder problem. They couldn't have been nicer, hopefully
that will be everybodys experience when dealing with them for whatever
reason.
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