Henryrifle
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My upper cowl half is attached to the firewall using piano hinge and two removable wire pins. There is a 3 1/2" section of the cowl that is not secured to the firewall to make space to insert the piano hinge pins. In flight, that 3 1/2" space gets puckered up pretty high?maybe by 3/4" or a little more.
Is this normal?
My oil cooler is mounted to the firewall and is fed cooling air via scat tubing off the engine baffle. Oil temperatures seem normal?between 180 and 195 degrees fahrenheit in climb and cruise. Does the cowl puckering have an adverse impact on the pressure differential behind and under the baffling?
It seems like if I had a big enough oil leak it, oil could easily end up coating the plexiglass bubble. I don?t have a need to invent problems where none exist but I am curious to tap into your wisdom and advice.
I have attached the best picture of the area I have available right now but it is not very helpful. If you look just behind the oil fill door you can just make out the two piano hinge pins sticking up:
Better picture added:
Thanks in advance for your time and help,
Hank
Is this normal?
My oil cooler is mounted to the firewall and is fed cooling air via scat tubing off the engine baffle. Oil temperatures seem normal?between 180 and 195 degrees fahrenheit in climb and cruise. Does the cowl puckering have an adverse impact on the pressure differential behind and under the baffling?
It seems like if I had a big enough oil leak it, oil could easily end up coating the plexiglass bubble. I don?t have a need to invent problems where none exist but I am curious to tap into your wisdom and advice.
I have attached the best picture of the area I have available right now but it is not very helpful. If you look just behind the oil fill door you can just make out the two piano hinge pins sticking up:
Better picture added:
Thanks in advance for your time and help,
Hank
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