Awful_Charlie Posted October 19, 2018 Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 I'll just toss this in here, as it might help others going through engine replacement or planning thereof Factory reman, installed in May this year, running in ok, but started to drip oil after about 25 hours. Cause: The cylinder head drain tubes, where the aluminium tubes goes into the rubber tube on the sump were insufficiently tightened. Cure: Tighten the hose clips More leaks after 40 hours or so. Cause: Cylinder head oil injector to cylinder head. Cure: the injectors all took nearly a flat (1/6 turn) to nip them up again Suggestion: a) Before installing the engine, arrange hose clips on cylinder drains to give best possible access after installation and verify tension b) Check cylinder head oil injector torque at installation, and re-check at subsequent oil changes until stable 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LANCECASPER Posted October 19, 2018 Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 I second that. I did the Bravo conversion earlier this year and both of those areas, the drain tubes as they went into rubber hoses and the oil injector lines have both needed to be tightened up a couple times since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinwing Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 I've replaced all 6 hoses last annual due to hardened rubber ..600 hrs smoh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 Nice pirep gents! Best regards, -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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