MB65E

Morning Shawn, on the vernotherm, the face of the sealing surface should be smooth, no goudges or heavy ware marks. The nut should not move or have any sign of being loose when the the spring pressure is backed off. I guess you could put it in boiling water to see if it moves the sealing surface. I've seen the nuts be loose, and the ware be heavy but it's such a simple system that they usually work. I'd check for maybe an oil cooler blockage, line blockage, or line mix up. - Matt

I just received an email today from Jpi answering some questions I had about prior installs. I too have seen the flow sender mounted in places it shouldn't be. Lyc fuel injection and carbed engines needs to be mounted on the left side after the pump before the servo. Clearly states this in the stc. Must be continental techs not reading instructions and mounting it on the metered side of the lyc. Jpi responded with the stc instructions as an attachment. Pretty clear... No return lines on the lyc. However some Shadins I have seen right next to the Spider. Go figure. -Matt

Hi guys, I have enjoyed everyone and all the stories/ pictures over the last year. I finally had to comment. We bought a M20E in December of 2011 in Ohio and flew it back to PHX. The little airplane did fine. Noticed some oil streaking out the right side of the cowl when we to phx. Pretty much went down hill from there. It was just annualed by a MSC in Indiana... Being an IA myself it's hard to imagine what some shops let go these days. I went over the logs, spent 6hrs looking at them, another day looking at the airplane. Test flight was fine so we decided to take the plane. So I dive into this oil leak... Found it leaking pretty good from the prop gov. Decided to change to a Skytech starter, and there it was a 6 inch crack from the case at #2 cylinder base to underneath the starter. Pulled the engine to tare into it. Case was shot, cam was soon to be shot. Still had the 3 piece oil pump with the alu gears with the AD signed for. Sent all I could out for rework, ended up with a lot of new parts. Glad I found the crack because it had so many internal issues I couldn't believe. All in all, I have an engine now that is totally overhauled to the latest standards! Can't wait to finally get this thing in the air. While I redid the engine my airplane partner re-worked the panel and some other issues. We were thrilled so many people are installing glass these days. Really makes the Hsi and other stuff affordable! I'll try to throw some pics up when I can. Love the site and I'm happy to help or entertain most maintenance questions you all may have. Fly safe -Matt