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Question: What type and brand of oil were you using in your oil injected
582? KL Bobby Hester wrote: > Problem found! We took the engine apart and found that the bearing for > the front piston rod on the crankshaft had worn out and melted. The > brass shim came apart, made it to the top of the front piston and chewed > up the top edge. Rotax calls out 300 hrs. for the life of the crankshaft > mine lasted 585 hrs. how long will yours last? The cost of a new > crankshaft for the 582 is about $900 and for a 503 about $600. If you > have over 400 hrs. on your engine you better think about replacing that > crank. I did maintenance when it was scheduled and I warmed the engine > up before takeoff, I ran cruise between 5700-5800 rpm. I treated the > engine the way it is suppose to be treated. I fly more than most of my > buddies I put 585 hrs. on this engine in 3 yrs. If you are not treating > your engine as good as I was treating mine, by not warming it up and > cruising at higher rpms all the time, then I will be waiting to hear > about your engine out landing. Before I found the problem I was > concerned that the 582 was less reliable than the 503 but now I do not > feel that way, if you watch the water temps and keep them between 140 > and 180 while flying, the 582 should be just as reliable as the 503. > Some people do not trust the oil injector, I never had a problem out of > the oil injector. The oil injector had nothing to do with this problem, > if it had the piston would have seized, which it did not. This problem > can happen to the 503 just as easy as it happened to my 582. > How long will yours last? > > -- > Surfing the Web from Hopkinsville, KY > Visit my web site at: http://www.geocities.com/hester-hoptown/ > And see my Rans S12xl experimental aircraft > Updated 9/22/00 - New Look! |
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