Today while approaching to land and after landing, the engine sounded quite a
lot
different. After removing the cowls, the header tube for right rear #3 cylinder
was seen to have cracked circumferentially completely around. Rather than
weld the two parts back together and end up finding further cracking due to the
weld, I'd rather just replace the tube with one that is whole.
The carburettors are maintained well balanced with a CarbMate electronic
balancer
and the Airmaster propeller runs nice and smooth as well. This crack has
appeared
after more than 4 years in service, so I'm not dissatisfied.
Thanks,
Jonathan
G-EIKY Classic tri-gear
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