Jay Honeck wrote:

Scary thing is that the engine ran fine (other than the prodigious
amounts of oil emanating from the cracked case) -- the owner never
knew his engine was beating itself to death internally...


I've known numerous pilots that have rescued ramp queens that had been
sitting for years. Most of the engines "ran fine" soon after the
resurrection was complete. It was usually 50-100 hrs. down the road that the
corrosion damage to the cam got bad enough to be obvious.

Whenever a prospective buyer asks me about a plane that's been sitting for
a prolonged period, I tell 'em to (at a minimum) pull some jugs and take a
look at the interior of the engine. If you don't bother going that far, the
rest is a (fairly high stakes) crapshoot.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)


John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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