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 4493253 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:38:46 -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; Mon, 4 Oct 2010 22:37:40 -0500 From: Chris Barber To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Got Pressure! and really scary moment Thread-Topic: Got Pressure! and really scary moment Thread-Index: ActkPqj5dJe7j6dMQB2myEzi43xTxw== Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 03:37:39 +0000 Message-ID: <2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D30326A4582@FCD-MAIL06.FCDATA.PRIVATE> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D30326A4582FCDMAIL06FCDATA_" MIME-Version: 1.0 --_000_2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D30326A4582FCDMAIL06FCDATA_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Got pressure! That is not a question, that is a statement. I put the engi= ne back on the plane today and I have oil moving freely and in a constant s= tream coming from the front of the engine when I crank the engine over. I currently have sent all my hoses off to a friends shop in AZ to have them= pressure tested. So it will be a bit before I can try starting it again. I did have a pretty scary moment. While I was cranking the engine over and= seeing a good stream of oil, I noted that I was only getting four chugs of= air coming out of the rotors instead of six. YIKES. I took a breath and = looked in the spark plug holes in the second chamber where I could only fee= l one puff of air coming out. I could visible see all three apex seals, bu= t who knows. So, I got some penetrant and sprayed it onto the seals and po= ked them a bit with a small long probe. They all seems springy and intact.= After this little procedure, I could hear and feel the six chugs I have c= ome to know. If I get out there tomorrow, I will check to see/hear if all the chugs are = still present. I will keep my fingers crossed. Chris Houston --_000_2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D30326A4582FCDMAIL06FCDATA_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Got pressure! That is not a question, that is a statement. = I put the engine back on the plane today and I have oil moving freely and = in a constant stream coming from the front of the engine when I= crank the engine over.

I currently have sent all my hoses off to a friends shop in AZ&nb= sp;to have them pressure tested. So it will be a bit before I can try = starting it again.

I did have a pretty scary moment. While I was cranking the engin= e over and seeing a good stream of oil, I noted that I was only getting fou= r chugs of air coming out of the rotors instead of six. YIKES. = I took a breath and looked in the spark plug holes in the second chamber where I could only feel one puff of air coming out.&= nbsp; I could visible see all three apex seals, but who knows. So, I = got some penetrant and sprayed it onto the seals = and poked them a bit with a small long probe. They all seems springy and intact. After this little pro= cedure , I could hear and feel the six chugs I have come to kn= ow.

If I get out there tomorrow, I will check to see/hear if all the chugs= are still present. I will keep my fingers crossed.

Chris

Houston

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