Simon Hitchen
Well Known Member
I've recently converted a constant speed engine to a fixed pitch. The service instruction dictates that the rear crank shaft plug is pierced, that an expansion plug is inserted into the front end and obviously the governor and oil line is removed and blanked. The tech at ECI told me that this cavity would now fill, from the rear with oil at the engine oil pressure. I just can't see how this could be the case?? The engine case isn't full of pressurised oil thereby forcing oil into through the pierced rear plug into the hollow crank??
Am I missing something here?
Am I missing something here?