Originally Posted by
chesterspal
I never said these were OEM.
And I never asked either. So how much time on your current installed cylinders?
Originally Posted by
chesterspal
There are more scientific methods for determining when to overhaul an engine based on fact.
Scientific methods? Care to share a few that are so exacting? Have used a number of methods to determine if an engine needs overhauling, however, never considered any of them to be "scientific."
Originally Posted by
chesterspal
I'm fairly certain my issue and that of Pulse 1, above is not cylinder/ring related. That the oil is coming from elsewhere.
Curious. How many disassembled aircraft engines have you been around? Considering you're losing sleep over this perhaps have your mechanic pull that cylinder and take a look?