Englishal
I have no intention of giving up flying and I still love piston engines , especially the big round ones. The moral of my post was 3/4 of my engine problems had clear warning beforehand.
If I had not heeded the initial unexplained oil pressure drop in the C 150 and immediately headed for home I would have had to ditch as my homefield has water on two sides. The PA 39 was obviously a tradically abused piece of junk owned by a complete idiot. I should never have got in the aircraft in the first place. The PA31 was owned and operated by a good company and maintained by an experienced and dedicated engineer. If the other pilots had logged the oil added I am sure he would have realised something was wrong and found the dying turbo before it suffered a catastrophic failure. As for the R1820 cyl failure , well stuff happens , which is why we have regular recurrent training
