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> > > It is very rare indeed that an engine makes TBO. Mostly due to funky > cooling > > design and to some extent because its such a pain to get at, people > tend to > > cut corners. > > > > Im checking this with the mooney list - Ive not heard this > criticism before. > Well I checked it out with the list, got back 4 replies so far which is pretty good for a nice weekend. They went like this 1) 1900 hours in 22 years on an O-360, 100 short of TBO but good for the number of years. 2) When I had my O 360A1D overhauled it had about 2150 TT. It was still running strong but was starting to use oil. 3) The previous owner took my engine to 2535hrs before having it overhauled. Apparently it was running great when he had a minor prop strike and the insurance co. o/hed it. 4) My TSIO-360-GB4 is currently at 1980 TT, 180 hours past TBO. It had a top OH at 1260. Compressions are still good and it uses a quart every 10 hours. I think they are pretty good results from an admittedly very small sample. In the five years Ive been on the list I dont think Ive ever heard of an engine which fell seriously short of TBO. Roland Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. |
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