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Well All, After exhausting the external potential causes of my oil overheating problems (baffles, running rich, etc.), and a number of checks for internal problems, I found no smoking gun that would start to explain the symptoms my coupe was experiencing. After researching overhaul shops throughout the U.S as well as attempting to find a low-time C-75 or C-85, I found the following: 1)the overhauls at the bigger shops started at $10,200, and 2) that there are NO low-time engines available that either have logs or that the top or major was not performed sometime in the late 1980's in my part of the country. So, this weekend an A&P at a local airport near where the plane is currently stranded started a field overhaul. I talked with him today and this is what he has found in tearing the engine down for the overhaul: #3 piston rod "spun a bearing". Both the rod and crankshaft are DX'ed. Other bearings are significantly worn. (as expected with 1700 hours on the engine) With the news of a bad rod and shaft, this has gotten ugly...quickly. But N94625 will fly again!! John C. Adams Huntsville, Alabama ================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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