Continental (USA) extends engine TBO times for some...
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Lowest common denominator...
Nobody more than I want longer engine life, having to overhaul 2 L/TSIO 360 KB's, but I think they are aimed at the lowest common denominator. Like the smoker that says he smoked a pack a day and lived to be 98, there are 100 under 40 smokers dying in hospital! I have no doubts there are 3-4000 hour engines running around with no problems. But there are a bunch more that litter workshop floors with rods out the side with 100's of hours still to run before TBO. Obviously, smokers aren't engines, which brings me to my point... It's not the hours that does them in, it's how those hours are spent, and how well it's cared for.
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Yep
To make the point I should quote the legendary Geogre Braly.
"Its not how hard you run your engine, its how you run your engine hard"
No matter what you do or say this is true, however you must have a "conforming engine" to begin with.
And one that was built with care.
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Yep
To make the point I should quote the legendary Geogre Braly.
"Its not how hard you run your engine, its how you run your engine hard"
No matter what you do or say this is true, however you must have a "conforming engine" to begin with.
And one that was built with care.
EOM
