Kyle Boatright
Well Known Member
With my engine approaching 900 hours, I'm taking an opportunity to give it a good once over so I can identify and correct any problems. Your basic Inspect and Repair As Necessary (IRAN). Among other things, I'm removing the baffles to allow better access and to allow me to really clean up the engine.
While I'm doing this, is it a good time to re-torque the cylinder base nuts? A couple of the nuts on the through studs show oil seeps, and maybe tightening those nuts would help a bit. Other than following Lycoming's latest procedure on torqueing cylinder base nuts (presumably using the procedure for replacing a cylinder), are there any do's and don'ts in this area?
While I've got the baffles off, are there any other items that are particularly worthy of attention?
Oh, and one more question. When I initially sealed the baffle to engine gaps, I used orange RTV. Dumb, dumb, dumb. And ugly. Shoulda used black. Any suggestions for removing all of that orange RTV ( which is holding on very well, by the way)so I can replace it with the black stuff?
While I'm doing this, is it a good time to re-torque the cylinder base nuts? A couple of the nuts on the through studs show oil seeps, and maybe tightening those nuts would help a bit. Other than following Lycoming's latest procedure on torqueing cylinder base nuts (presumably using the procedure for replacing a cylinder), are there any do's and don'ts in this area?
While I've got the baffles off, are there any other items that are particularly worthy of attention?
Oh, and one more question. When I initially sealed the baffle to engine gaps, I used orange RTV. Dumb, dumb, dumb. And ugly. Shoulda used black. Any suggestions for removing all of that orange RTV ( which is holding on very well, by the way)so I can replace it with the black stuff?
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