Lycoming 0-360 factory overhaul core charges - Does Air Power tell the truth ?

I was planning on going to Airpower for a factory overhauled
O-360-A4A next month, but this is quite disturbing. I'd appreciate it
if you'd please keep us updated on the details.
Thanks,

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

Used car salesman and tactics. They fed me a line of BS in their quote and
aviation is hard enough without getting lied to.

I picked a local O/H shop with good references to do the job.

The policy as written amounts to this:

1. Give them a check for $9000.
2. Send us your core and you'll never see it again, no matter what.
3. If we don't like it, we keep the $9000. It might takes us 3 months to
decide.

This is not an acceptable policy and violates every sense of consideration. If
they reject the core, you at least ought to get it back with a detailed reason
as to why.

Since the FAA requires all kinds of traceability and everything in the motor
has a serial number on it, there is no excuse.

Van Bortel (aka, Air Power and FactoryEngines.com) fed me a line about Lycoming
not taking engines over 36 years old for factory overhauls. But they fed the
same line with different numbers of years to other folks. So it is either a.) a
lie, or b.) a stupid mistake they make over and over.

So that only left a 0-time reman or a new engine as options. They said that
Lycoming would waive the core on a factory new engine.

I'm sorry, but if I'm going gambling with $9K, I want better odds, I want to
see the cards dealt and the see that the dice are not loaded, not to mention a
hotel room and free drinks.


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