Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "Skip Gadd"
Ben; I had the same thing with my A65... it wouldn'tcome off the peg (oil temp) until I was in the airsometimes, and if I sat on the ground with it atidle, it would take forever. Maybe you can pre-warmthe engine before the inspector arrives? However,if you're just breaking in the engine after a major,it shouldn't be idled around very much. On myfreshly-majored A75, my mechanic advised againstputtering around and ground running until afterthe rings were seated and the cam followersand everything got lubed and seated in. I did havea few short ground tests to make sure there wereno leaks or other problems (good thing, too, sinceI had a leak at one of the oil gallery plugs andcould have pumped all the oil overboard if I'd beenin the air).Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: shad bell
Shad, Weather permitting Ed Delancy and I plan to fly our Piets to SentimentalJourney that Wednesday and than on the Chapman on the Friday. Maybe Dave Stephensand his Corvair Piet also, but that is a longshot.Skip----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
That's the same thing I was thinking, Oscar. Ben I think you should tellthe inspector that:1. A-65s take a LONG time to come up to temp when the weather is cool (Iknow, you're in Florida, but even there it probably isn't out of the 70's2. Having just done an overhaul, your engine is not broken in and prolongedground-running (as will be required to move the oil temp) will bedetrimental to getting the rings to seat properly.3. Promise him that you will monitor oil temp on your first few testflights.Jack PhillipsNX899JPRaleigh, NC-----Original Message-----