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Fraud, safety and unapproved parts come to mind....hmmm I think a California man went to jail for that last year. Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2010, at 5:18 AM, "Bruce Gray" <bgray@glasair.org> wrote: > And the FSDO will say "Airworthyness has no meaning in an experimental > engine." I doubt if this shop is putting any of these mods on certified > engines/airframes. > > Bruce > www.Glasair.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of > vtailjeff@aol.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 6:46 PM > To: lml@lancaironline.net > Subject: [LML] Re: Performance Engines > > My recommendation to all that have been burned by this individual is to > contact the FAA and complain about the unairworthy product put out by > Performance. You might make a difference and save someone's life. start > with the FSDO in your area or his. > > Jeff Edwards > > Sent from my iPad > > On Oct 6, 2010, at 4:37 AM, Mark Davis <marksdavis@cox.net> wrote: > >> The recent posts regarding Performance Engines "issues" caused me to > again look at my own experiences with them. These posts proved to be > the last straw that have now resulted in my losing complete confidence > in the Performance Engines Lycoming IO-540 installed in my Legacy. I am > now in the process of having the engine overhauled, despite the fact > that it runs very well, with just over 100 hours time on it. I can no > longer accept the potential but unknown risks that I must unfortunately > admit I've been rationalizing as minor issues for those 100 hours. >> >> I originally chose to buy my engine from Performance based on positive > recommendations and a personal visit to their shop (quite impressive). > My first inkling of problems was while flow checking the fuel injection > system prior to first start. The fuel side seal of the Romec engine > fuel pump (listed as overhauled on my purchase invoice) flowed fuel thru > the seal vent at least as fast as thru the injectors when using the > electric fuel pump. I contacted Performance considering it a warranty > item to which they agreed. I was told to remove and return the pump and > they would replace it within about a week. Researching the fuel pump > I'd removed found that there was a recurrent AD on the model installed > on the engine that requiring re torquing the screws on the cover at > first 25 hours and then 50 hour intervals. Given the location on the > engine and the significant hassle of complying with the AD, I first > asked Performance why I had not been provided a modified AD free pump > and was told that what I had was considered serviceable and met our > purchase contract agreement for all parts to be new or overhauled. I > offered to pay the cost difference between the AD pump and am AD free > modified one. This was verbally agreed to by phone and I was told that > I could expect to receive a replacement pump shortly. That was the next > to last telephone contact I had with them. I was then faced with no > further phone contact despite numerous calls which were either not > answered or not returned over a several week period (apparently similar > to recent post experience). I then made a phone call using a friend's > phone which was answered right away. After a short unproductive > discussion about when I might receive a replacement pump, I asked to > have my original pump returned and that I would deal with the problem > myself. The pump was returned within about 2 days and I sent it to a > well known repair facility in OK. As part of part of my return of the > original pump for the core charge, I was informed that, in their > opinion, the original pump had not, in fact, been overhauled and was not > serviceable. This whole process cost me nearly $2K which I felt should > have been covered under warranty. >> >> Since first startup the engine has leaked oil from all 6 cylinder > bases (heavier from cylinders 1 and 2 and weeping from the other 4). In > addition there has been a case seam (parting line) leak forward of the > sump which is enough that after an oil change without running the > engine, a small amount of oil appears on the floor or cowling within > about a day under that area of the parting line. I have tried some > sealing efforts on these leaks on the advice of several A&P's with > little success. I have not contacted Performance as I will no longer > attempt to do any business with them. >> >> After installing the newly overhauled fuel pump from OK noted above, > shortly after engine start, I found a few drops of fluid from the same > fuel pump seal vent line which, in this case, proved to be oil vice > 100LL. The seal from the accessory case drive to fuel pump continues to > have a small weep of oil. >> >> My Legacy is now down for engine teardown and any necessary repair. >> >> Mark Davis >> Legacy N422MD >> San Diego, CA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> For archives and unsub > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html > > -- > For archives and unsub > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html > > > -- > For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html