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Eric told Oliver he too was happy about how this turned out. He felt it would have been a travesty to tear down a perfectly healthy engine just because a little piece of carbon was lodged in the oil pressure relief valve. “One can only hope a shop learns something from an experience like this,” Eric added with a trace of disbelief.
Sometimes a Band-Aid is all it takes.
Copyright 2019, Michael D. Busch
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Mike Busch has been a pilot, aircraft owner and CFI for more than four decades and 7,500 hours. He became increasingly interested in the maintenance aspects
of aircraft ownership about 20 years ago, ultimately earned his A&P/IA, and in 2008 was honored by the FAA as “National Aviation Maintenance Technician of the Year.” Mike is founder and CEO of Savvy Aircraft Maintenance Management, the world’s largest firm providing professional maintenance management for owner-flown aircraft, which presently manages more than 7 percent of all Cirrus airplanes in North America and growing 5 percent per month. In his spare time, Mike is also a prolific aviation writer, teacher, consultant and expert witness. He writes the maintenance column in COPA Pilot magazine and has written many hundreds of technical articles published in American Bonanza
The oil pressure relief valve regulates engine oil pressure. Adjusting oil pressure up or down involves simply turning its adjustment shaft.
Society Magazine, Aviation Safety, AVweb, Cessna Pilots Association Magazine, EAA Sport Aviation, IFR, Light Plane Maintenance and The Aviation Consumer. In addition, he conducts free maintenance webinars on the first Wednesday of each month. Mike co-founded AVweb in 1995 and served as its editor-in-chief for more than seven years. Questions for Mike Busch may be emailed to mike.busch@savvyaviator.com.
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