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Not sure myself. Said the cylinder looked “blackened” with a bore scope. Oddly enough my oil consumption is high but it started suddenly. He said it’s running fine and the engine is good. Wait it out until something is noticed and just keep adding oil as needed.

Alright back to my original post. I heeded the advice and had an AP look at the aircraft. Found an issue with the alternator cable, repaired and runs fine now. I seem to be losing oil from a still, unknown location. He tightened up some loose ends so that may help. He pulled the plugs and...

So with this being said, you are figuring I need an alternator replacement? Belt is good and has tension on it.

In regards to this response, are you saying the alternator is not functioning and I’m running off the battery, which causes the alternator output breaker to trip? That’s as it seems to me as my voltage was dropping lower as it was running. Tried doing a run up to see if that would kick the...

Yeah I’ll have him look at it. The belt is intact and has tension on it. I guess we shall see. Any thoughts about flying it as is?

thanks for the advice. Any idea on a model number or how to find the correct one for my plane? They are all listed by serial number or model number only.

the way I understand the electrical system as per the POH, if the output from the alternator isn’t adequate, it will pop the alternator output circuit breaker, then everything functions off the battery. When I push the breaker back in, there is no power and it pops again, reverting back to the...

Had mine done by QAA last year during the pandemic and it took close to a month. I was told the pandemic had shut done most things, people weren’t coming into work and they were backed up. Hopefully that is changed now but doubtful.

During a preflight yesterday, I realized my alternator was not charging at all. Output breaker popped and ammeter was dead. Appeared I was running on the battery only as the volt meter for a cigarette lighter charger started at 11.5 and went down to 10.3 before I shut it down. Tried a few...

Thanks. Is that for all four cylinders?

Yeah I agree it’s concerning. Any way I would know of the rings were bad? What does it involve and of course the cost?

plugs were clean when he pulled them for the compression check. This A&P is very experienced with cherokees and says its fine. Seems to be using alot to me. What should I do next? Investigate further or keep running it?

After the oil change I ran it down to 6. Put 1.9 on the Hobbs and was a bit above 5. No obvious leaks anywhere.

Well I had the oil changed and my A&P took a look at it. He also did a compression check with the following results: 68, 67, 72, 76. He filled it with 7 quarts of oil, ran it fine and no leaks. So far I've put approximately 5 hours on the engine and am down to 4 quarts now. No idea where...

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I have a small single engine fixed gear type Piper. Maybe it’s the fact I met the guy the night before and then all of a sudden gone. The feeling will pass over time I’m sure.

Yeah I’m hoping there’s some sort of answers shortly, but I know what to expect. I must say, as a fairly newly minted pilot with approx 200 hours, this hit me pretty hard. Seeing how this can happen to someone as professional as this, with decades of experience. After seeing this and the fact...

I live within a few minutes of the airport and am based there. Had the oppurtunity to meet him at his Sri craft for a few minutes the night before. I took a photo of his plane as he was preparing to leave for the evening. I’m totally in shock over this. One of the reports from someone on the...

Well it’s time for an oil change which may be the case as my last one was February and haven’t flown it a lot this year. Maybe 30 hours since the change.

I like to keep it at 6. Everytime I do it goes back down to 5. There’s oil on the bottom of the cowling under the breather tube but not an excessive amount under the belly.

Well the gauge is pretty simple with the 180 marker and it’s a bit below that so it’s hard to tell the actual temp but well within the green. Oil is still a good color, no issues with that. Approx 500 hours on the rebuilt engine now.