rotax-owner.com has a link to the service bulletin extending the tbo
The rotax gear box needs proper maintenance (surprise!)
100 hr friction tourque test (easy)
Smooth running engine extends the life of the Gear Box
Keep prop balanced
Keep carbs balanced
Avoid low idle RPM ( only idle below 1800 RPM when you really must)
Avoid 100LL (lead build-up in gear box)
Kevin
Europa XS Mono-Wheel
Inter-cooled Rotax 914
Airmaster Prop
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 7:24 AM , John Lawton wrote:
>>>>>> Rotax extended TBO for the 912 series to 2000 h and 15 years.
>>>>>> <<<<<<
Hey Roland,
Do you have a link for that? Everything I've seen on the Rotax owners
group indicates 1500 hour TBO on the 912 that has been upped from 1200
hours. Is this something recent? The Jabiru 3300 has a 2000 hour on the
solid lifter version for TBO, (not sure about the hydraulic lifter
version) but it is recommended that you top the engine (overhaul the
heads) at 1000 hours. The cost to fully overhaul a 3300 was quoted to me
last November at around $6000, plus shipping. What is the cost to
overhaul a Rotax 912? I was quoted "half the price of a new engine" for
a non-certified 912 overhaul by the Rotax folks at Sun-n-Fun a few years
ago. I'm scared to ask for my certified 912S. The reduction gear will
never make it to 2000 hours, though. 600-700 hour TBO seems more likely.
In fact, Lockwood recommends overhauling the reduction gear at 500 hours
as of the last time I talked to them, rather than letting if fail, then
overhauling it. Apparently, it's cheaper in the long run to have the
reduction gear overhauled earlier, as opposed to waiting until you have
problems with it.
>>>>> More than 30.000 built by now. No need to say more.<<<<<
Ford built over 84,000 Edsels between 1958 and 1960, but that didn't
make them anymore reliable. 50 years later the name "Edsel" is still
synonymous with failure. Sort of like how "Rotax and "expensive" have
become synonymous.....
Regards,
John Lawton
Whitwell, TN (TN89)
N245E - Flying
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