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Date:  11-14-2015
Number of Hours:  4.00
Manual Reference:  Section 2
Brief Description:  Steel fittings and engine is run complete

My Steel fittings were sitting on the porch when I arrived home today. :) Without even changing my clothes I headed into the garage and installed them on the cooler. They threaded in SO Much better than the aluminum fittings. I then installed the cooler back on the aircraft. After this I installed the air intake tube from the throttle body to the oil cooler plenum. Here comes the big test run!

The engine started fine, hummed right along. I had installed the cooling plenums as well so I knew I'd see higher CHT's sitting on the ground. The oil temps slowly came up to a max of 207 at idle, then oil pressure dropped to 22PSI so I shut it down. I knew I was going to need more oil since I removed the cooler but I didn't know how much. I found I lost 1 qt. This would contribute to low oil pressure of course. Now I noticed that my oil temps were lower than yesterdays run which means the cooler and intake system IS working. How well it will work in flight I don't know. Before the pressure dropped, temps began to go down to 204 and so on, so tomorrow I'll be testing it even longer. I may even test fly her :) we'll see. After shut down there wasn't a drop of oil to be found. YES!

I'd like to note that after I let the engine idle a bit I did notice that it sputtered when going from about 1500rpm to full throttle. I'm REALLY hoping it's a minor thing like dirty plugs. I refuse to give up any more time and money to the Belgiums who can't get this engine running right.
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Steel fittings go in flawlessly

Steel fittings go in flawlessly

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Bone dry, no oil leaks

Bone dry, no oil leaks

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2" Intake tube attached

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