carusoam Posted August 2, 2017 Report Posted August 2, 2017 If it were easy, it wouldn't be nearly as rewarding! A plane that is flown often is your best defense... Often, is close to 100 hours annually. 140 hours in ten years? That isn't nearly often enough. Looking at the entire cam requires pulling one cylinder at a time, and putting it back. This topic has been covered a lot. Not hard to search to find what needs to be done. Probably requires two cylinders to be removed. Lifters get pitted, hardened surfaces erode, cams get ground down. The lack of performance may be measurable using an APP with a waas input. Realistically a rusty cam takes a lot of hours of use to grind down the cam. So a cam that has problems won't be noticed performance wise, until long after you own it... Many planes with Lycoming IO360s get priced accordingly, based on their use over the last couple of years... Finding a plane that hasn't been used is more of a gamble than a plane that gets used often... Finding a plane that is less of a gamble is... expensive... Tough choices... Pp thoughts only. Best regards, -a- 1 Quote
Firebird2xc Posted August 6, 2017 Author Report Posted August 6, 2017 On 8/3/2017 at 8:33 AM, FlyWalt said: What was it that killed the deal? Big oil leak I noticed post flight, very low time flown over the space of a decade, and a strong recommendation from a Mooney inspector that I either get the price slashed or just walk. Quote
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