engine issue
Lycoming, Continental, Hartzell, McCauley, or any broad spectrum drive system component used on multiple type.
I have an engine issue I would like opinions on. It is a Continental Packette, I have two week cylinders that are blowing back through the intake. I tried staking the valves to no effect, I checked clearance on rockers. I can pry out on the valve spring to increase closing pressure and get them to seal up better, not perfect but better. What are your thoughts?
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shorton offline
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Run it hard for 30 min and do a hot compression test. Boroscope the valves. Does it have any issues that are noticeable while it's running? Running a genset? Can also try a valvelap procedure if boroscope doesn't show any chipped valves . Really nothing to loose.
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Bore scope it, wobble test the valve and lap the valve.
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Ok I surrender,
"Bore scope it, wobble test the valve and lap the valve."
What is this test, is it for valve stem/valve guide slop ?
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Sun Jun 13, 2021 12:05 pm
Yes, wobble test is to see how much side movement you have between the valve stem and the valve guide, actually simple test to do.
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