Jeacarl
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Jeacarl
Last month I had an emergency with my C182 / Continental O470U. After take off and at about 3000 ft, I began to hear a loud noise in the cabin, and decided to land as quickly as posibly, that happend 17 minutes after take off. When the mechanic checked the airplane, he saw a fracture in the exaust tube of the 3rd cylinder, that was the cause of the loud noise, but also 4 of the 6 deck cylinder studs of the same cylinder were broken. Before this happened I had never experienced any power loss, wrong indications of oil or temperature. The mechanic made compression test and they were ok.
The engine had 373 hours from its overhaul, by Airmark Overhaul Inc. These people just said that the problem could be due to detonation, but all the parts, spark plugs, cylinders, etc were ok.
We are changing all of the cylinder deck studs, to be safe. I would like to ask if anybody had something similar happen to them?
I’ve been told this issue could be due to over-torque of the studs.
The engine had 373 hours from its overhaul, by Airmark Overhaul Inc. These people just said that the problem could be due to detonation, but all the parts, spark plugs, cylinders, etc were ok.
We are changing all of the cylinder deck studs, to be safe. I would like to ask if anybody had something similar happen to them?
I’ve been told this issue could be due to over-torque of the studs.