herve-RV7
Active Member
Hi All,
My A&P has just diagnosed a very small crack (oil leak) on the case of my Lycoming O320 during the annual we made last week end, close to the starter. This is obviously a bad (and expensive) news. Cracks in this location seem to happen sometimes. The engine has 700 hours SMOH, compressions are all reasonably good, 78 on the 4 cylinders. The engine will have to be taken down for case repair. As the engine will have to be disassembled, I am wondering if anything needs to be done in order to improve or extend the life of the engine. I am flying 50 to 100 hours a year, this is not much, I guess this is part of the equation.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions
My A&P has just diagnosed a very small crack (oil leak) on the case of my Lycoming O320 during the annual we made last week end, close to the starter. This is obviously a bad (and expensive) news. Cracks in this location seem to happen sometimes. The engine has 700 hours SMOH, compressions are all reasonably good, 78 on the 4 cylinders. The engine will have to be taken down for case repair. As the engine will have to be disassembled, I am wondering if anything needs to be done in order to improve or extend the life of the engine. I am flying 50 to 100 hours a year, this is not much, I guess this is part of the equation.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions