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hydroguy2
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A friend had a 360 built for his RV-6 a few years ago(480hrs). It's been a good motor until last month. He suffered a partial loss of power, but managed to divert and make a runway. They got it home and tore it down and this is what they found in the oil pan.
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When they started tearing it down the rod bolts were all undertorqued. And this allowed the rod end caps to fret and work loose causing the failure. Failure confirmed by 2 other large shops
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Aerosport will not help due to out of warranty. Even though this failure is either from improper torque or possibly defective/inferior rod bolt material. so just a FYI.
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Post by captain_john »

WOW, that is a costly thing to overlook!

Sorry to hear about it.

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I'd get a few independant engineer reports to confirm faulty torque and then see the supplier in court. Thats too expensive to get screwed over.
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I would guess the guy will just build a new one and chalk it up to bad luck. the engine was out of warranty so prevailing in court would cost more than a rebuild
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