X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from securemail.ever-tek.com ([64.129.170.194] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.9) with ESMTP id 4491463 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 16:58:47 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.129.170.194; envelope-from=cbarber@texasattorney.net Received: from fcd-mail06.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([2002:404:40b::404:40b]) by FCD-MAIL06.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([::1]) with mapi; Sun, 3 Oct 2010 15:57:46 -0500 From: Chris Barber To: Rotary motors in aircraft CC: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Smoking Gun -Loss of oil pressure Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: Smoking Gun -Loss of oil pressure Thread-Index: AQHLYz0EYkWphQ/wtU6jdgo7pJmLyZMvtOXQ Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 20:57:44 +0000 Message-ID: <1F835C59-17BE-499F-B021-A29A116BF37B@texasattorney.net> References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_1F835C5917BE499FB021A29A116BF37Btexasattorneynet_" MIME-Version: 1.0 --_000_1F835C5917BE499FB021A29A116BF37Btexasattorneynet_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I hope I have some luck cuz obviously I am not as good as I would have like= d to think :-/ I have not heard of this occurring either but hopefully my "solution" will = help the problem. Sent from my iPhone 4 On Oct 3, 2010, at 3:53 PM, "John Slade" > wrote: Chris, You must have been born lucky! It's just amazing that you've found of all the things before getting airbor= ne. I just hope you find the one remaining item :) Regards, John On 10/3/2010 2:19 PM, Chris Barber wrote: I removed the engine on Friday. Dropped the pan today, Sunday. The first th= ing I saw was the spring from the pressure control valve dangling from the = bottom of the engine/engine mount. Then, as now expected, the pressure cont= rol valve sitting in the pan. Well, to quote Mythbuster's "There's your problem.". So, now to re-read the= install to see what I missed and perhaps add some Lock Tight. -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html --_000_1F835C5917BE499FB021A29A116BF37Btexasattorneynet_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I hope I have some luck cuz obviously I am n= ot as good as I would have liked to think :-/

I ha= ve not heard of this occurring either but hopefully my "solution"= will help the problem.

Sent from my iPhone 4

On= Oct 3, 2010, at 3:53 PM, "John Slade" <jslade@canardaviation.com> wrote:

Chris,
You must have been born lucky!
It's just amazing that you've found of all the things before getting airborne.

I just hope you find the one remaining item :)
Regards,
John

On 10/3/2010 2:19 PM, Chris Barber wrote:

I removed the engine on Friday. Dropped the pan today,=
 Sunday. The first thing I saw was the spring from the pressure control val=
ve dangling from the bottom of the engine/engine mount. Then, as now expect=
ed, the pressure control valve sitting in the pan.=20

Well, to quote Mythbuster's "There's your problem.". So, now to r=
e-read the install to see what I missed and perhaps add some Lock Tight.=20


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