pierre smith
Well Known Member
Several weeks ago, I found a burnt fuel line as you may recall, so while I had the cowls off, I decided to buy some insulation from ACS to cover the exhaust-scorched areas of the lower cowl. I cleaned it well with denatured alcohol and Xylol mix to ensure that it stuck well.
Last week, while cruising at 8500' with an OAT of 65 deg, my oil started up to 198....199...200...and ended up at 203, without me touching anything..throttle, mixture...nothing..Hmmmm?
Thinking that it could be a bird's nest, I uncowled it today and the oil cooler was clean...no trash nor bird's nest. My helper was around the other side and the bottom cowl was still on , he asked, "what's this plastic stuff here?"
The insulation blanket's adhesive had melted and the thin layer let go, with the blanket kinda wadded up and blocking the air exit of half the opening around the exhausts!:
This is what I removed from the lower cowl....you can see where it got burned by the hot pipes!
If you know your engine well, be very alert if ANYTHING changes for no apparent reason. I was getting a subtle 'message' and found out that the old gal does in fact "talk" to me
. My oil usually runs around 190 and CHT's around 375 and they had crept up to near 198 and 400 respectively.
Best,
Last week, while cruising at 8500' with an OAT of 65 deg, my oil started up to 198....199...200...and ended up at 203, without me touching anything..throttle, mixture...nothing..Hmmmm?
Thinking that it could be a bird's nest, I uncowled it today and the oil cooler was clean...no trash nor bird's nest. My helper was around the other side and the bottom cowl was still on , he asked, "what's this plastic stuff here?"
The insulation blanket's adhesive had melted and the thin layer let go, with the blanket kinda wadded up and blocking the air exit of half the opening around the exhausts!:
![Insulation.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi663.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fuu353%2Fpierresmith%2FInsulation.jpg&hash=8a3fa3e743aaf2c8a3c865b68c7ff99c)
This is what I removed from the lower cowl....you can see where it got burned by the hot pipes!
If you know your engine well, be very alert if ANYTHING changes for no apparent reason. I was getting a subtle 'message' and found out that the old gal does in fact "talk" to me
Best,