wrote:

Hi:

Looking at a PA32-260, with a IO-540 in it, 1500smoh. Prebuy reports a
couple cylinders in which there is oil on plugs. Compressions are good,
engine runs good. Mechanic doesn't seem too upset by it. Says that is
normal for this type engine. Should I be concerned?


The -260 has an O-540-E4B5, not an IO-540. Either you have the engine
wrong or the horsepower wrong (the -300 has an IO-540, I think it is a
K1AD).