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They found a 16th century Freckle Cream jar?

A normal piston crown will develop a layer of hard combustion deposits that range from medium to very dark grey. Excessively rich running, or high oil consumption trends more to black, softer, and well, oiler. LOP operation yields deposits that are pale grey to white, with some evidence of...

A poorly assembled cylinder is more likely to suffer 'infant mortality'. We see those too, but they aren't part of this discussion. To the experienced eye, and our cylinder shop does over a thousand cylinders a year, the effects of over-lean operation are readily apparent in the size shape and...

Here's our take on LOP. ( I was going to say 'excessive', but that's too subjective) All numbers rounded to make the math easier. First, let me point out that TCM 360 cylinders have surprisingly narrow service margins. There is not a lot between 'new' and 'toast' on bore, clearances etc...

TBO is an actuarial value more than anything else. It's a risk based guess drawing from past statistics, estimates of life and chopped by fair margin for risk aversity. It's a number that, taken by itself, is not especially valuable. A 2000 hour TBO is roughly equivalent to 100,000 miles on a...

On the contrary, that one syllable got her international recognition on all of the news feeds, aggregators and regurgitators, and appealed to her target demographic. Actually it was brilliant marketing, you can't buy PR like that.

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Nope. I get paid the same if you buy something or not

A proper propstrike inspection should involve tearing the bottom end down completely and NDTing everything. Here are some of the things that can be found; Cases can crack in the bearing saddles/webs Counterweights can crack at the bushing holes - not a pretty failure later Any of the gears...

Hi, My name is Mark, and I work for a repair station that specializes in Continental and Lycoming overhaul and repair. If I can answer any engine questions for you that would be great, if I can get some business out of it, that would be even better!