PoAdeleted5
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Well, at 4 hours on the newly overhauled O-360 in my Cherokee 180, everything seems to be hunky-dory. The first hour saw about 1/2 qt or slightly more oil consumed, along with a lot of fuel.
Now I'm up to 4 hours and the oil consumption already seems to have stabilised. Oil temps are steady at a hair under the 180 mark. They go up a little bit in climb, go down a little bit in cruise. Fuel consumption seems to be going down to normal levels too. Hopefully these Millennium cylinders live up to the advertising. So far, so good.
Don't have a CHT gage in the plane, wish I did. Got a single EGT on #3 and leaned it in cruise to about 75 ROP as in the break-in instructions. Looks good. Power is certainly good, at 75% cruise RPM, I've got lots of throttle left, more than I remember on the pre-overhauled engine. Have no problems hitting redline RPM on the tach in straight and level flight. To the point of I'm considering a pitch change if it can be done.
I guess beating on it with a wrench and a checkbook was the best medicine.
Now I'm up to 4 hours and the oil consumption already seems to have stabilised. Oil temps are steady at a hair under the 180 mark. They go up a little bit in climb, go down a little bit in cruise. Fuel consumption seems to be going down to normal levels too. Hopefully these Millennium cylinders live up to the advertising. So far, so good.
Don't have a CHT gage in the plane, wish I did. Got a single EGT on #3 and leaned it in cruise to about 75 ROP as in the break-in instructions. Looks good. Power is certainly good, at 75% cruise RPM, I've got lots of throttle left, more than I remember on the pre-overhauled engine. Have no problems hitting redline RPM on the tach in straight and level flight. To the point of I'm considering a pitch change if it can be done.
I guess beating on it with a wrench and a checkbook was the best medicine.