kevinh
Well Known Member
Hi ya'll,
Another annual question (4 yrs, 350 hrs): So while inspecting cylinders/exhaust nuts, I noticed that the #3 exhaust stud had one nut a fair bit loose from the correct torque. Some of paint near that stud flaked off (and no similar flakage on any other cylinder), so I presume some hot exhaust was leaking out that side.
My checklist from last year shows that all the torques were good.
Is the best fix to just tighten that nut and be done with it or do I need to replace the exhaust gasket now?
Thank you all.
Another annual question (4 yrs, 350 hrs): So while inspecting cylinders/exhaust nuts, I noticed that the #3 exhaust stud had one nut a fair bit loose from the correct torque. Some of paint near that stud flaked off (and no similar flakage on any other cylinder), so I presume some hot exhaust was leaking out that side.
My checklist from last year shows that all the torques were good.
Is the best fix to just tighten that nut and be done with it or do I need to replace the exhaust gasket now?
Thank you all.