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The shop's diagnosis
A few days later, Mark phoned the shop
to learn what they had found. The DOM
told him they'd borescoped the number 2
cylinder and determined it had sustained
detonation damage and would need to
be replaced, explaining that " the exhaust
valve appeared to be completely white. "
The DOM also indicated they were pretty
sure the detonation was caused by an
exhaust leak in the lefthand turbocharger
that was torching the number 2 cylinder
with hot exhaust gases. " The other turbocharger
is leaking oil pretty badly, so you
really need to overhaul them both, " the
shop told Mark.
The shop then brought up supply chain
issues. They told Mark that new IO-550
cylinders were severely backordered. They
also said that turbocharger overhauls were
unusually slow because repair parts were
in such short supply.
Mark was less concerned about cost
than he was about getting his airplane
back home to Norwood before it went out
of annual. He told the shop that he still
had the previous engine that had been
removed from his SR22 several years ago
because of a prop strike, and he would ask
his mechanic at Norwood to pull a cylinder
off that engine and send it to the shop
to install. Mark also said he'd be willing
to purchase two new turbochargers
if that would be faster than getting his
turbos overhauled.
Mark asked his mechanic at Norwood
to borescope the cylinders on his old
engine and pull the best-looking one to
send it to the shop where his airplane was
AOG. Mark also located two new turbochargers
and arranged for them to be sent
to the shop.
A few days later, the DOM called Mark
and informed him that they had found cylinder
head cracks in two other cylinders,
and those would also need to be replaced.
They also said the V-band clamps on both
turbochargers were probably past their life
limit and would also need to be replaced.
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Mark was becoming extremely uncomfortable
with what this shop was doing.
He had subscribed to Savvy Aviation's
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