Proper preflight planning prevents piss poor pilot performance or should I say aircraft performance.
Ang737, If I was you I would be getting your hands on maintenance reports for that aircrafts entire flight history and then planning options on every single one incase they show up again. In the case of an Aztec they will show up again.
All the best and play it safe, don't give yourself a dead line to get home.
splat
P.S. takes loads of oil with you and maybe even a starter motor just incase.
