I now have approximately 42 hrs on my 0-320 channel chrome cylinder engine and need some advice as to whether I should continue to run it hard. The engine uses about a quart every 10 hrs and the cht has never been over 400 deg. F. and seems to be trending lower. Currently there is mineral oil in the sump and after 22 hrs the oil looks brand new. I use 5 qts as a baseline level and pour the oil in by the ounce to maintain it. The belly of the plane accumulates oil but not a lot as my breather is routed down my gear leg. At my 20 hr oil change there was minimal metal in the screen.
The engine runs great and the plane is a blast to fly and it would make me sad to have to take the engine apart and rehone the chrome and not be able to fly it because I glazed the cylilnders. Thanks for any forthcoming help as I got conflicting advice from the local gurus with some saying climb up to 10k and run full throttle which I did and others saying stay down low and run it at 2400 rpm which I also did. Now I would like to undertake more extensive airwork, which involves more throttle movement and supposedly the risk of glazing the cylinders, and be confident that I am not damaging the engine.
The engine runs great and the plane is a blast to fly and it would make me sad to have to take the engine apart and rehone the chrome and not be able to fly it because I glazed the cylilnders. Thanks for any forthcoming help as I got conflicting advice from the local gurus with some saying climb up to 10k and run full throttle which I did and others saying stay down low and run it at 2400 rpm which I also did. Now I would like to undertake more extensive airwork, which involves more throttle movement and supposedly the risk of glazing the cylinders, and be confident that I am not damaging the engine.
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