During annual today, I noticed that there where some black stuff seeping out of a flange on the Sky Tech 149 NL starter.
It felt oily beetween the fingertips.
It had spilled on the side of the FI and also made a 30 cm stripe on the lower cowling.
Here's an overwiew of the problem: black stuff on the lower starter-flange and some black stuff on the FI:
Here's a closer look:
Here's the black line on the lower cowl.
It's about 20 hrs since I had the cowl off, and back then, there was no black stuff on the FI or the cowl.
I've done annual on this plane since 2008, and this is the first time I've seen something seeping out of the starter.
The plane now has 304 hrs TT.
Have any of you seen or experienced this before?
Anyone have an idea to what's going on?
Thanks guys.
It felt oily beetween the fingertips.
It had spilled on the side of the FI and also made a 30 cm stripe on the lower cowling.
Here's an overwiew of the problem: black stuff on the lower starter-flange and some black stuff on the FI:
Here's a closer look:
Here's the black line on the lower cowl.
It's about 20 hrs since I had the cowl off, and back then, there was no black stuff on the FI or the cowl.
I've done annual on this plane since 2008, and this is the first time I've seen something seeping out of the starter.
The plane now has 304 hrs TT.
Have any of you seen or experienced this before?
Anyone have an idea to what's going on?
Thanks guys.