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TBO is not a reason to do anything to an engine

5/15/2026 • 57 min

Rising temperatures, unnecessary overhauls, unusual rigging, and ancient cloth in the wheel well are featured. Email podcasts@aopa.org for a chance to get on the show. Join the world's largest aviation community at aopa.org/join Play episode

If you lose a cylinder in your Cessna 150 you are down on a road somewhere
Am I doing anything evil?
That installation is fraught with peril
"I'm an old mechanic and really like the idea of priming and painting"
That's an oft-reported myth
Is this like pulling a mattress tag off?
The owner can't do maintenance because the owner doesn't have arms
You're going to give him nightmares
He has a piston with a smiley face on it that's not very happy
Just be sure you lube it with something
If you go to 76 percent, the wings will fall off
It's one of the few accidents where you get to choose where it happens
Being an aircraft owner is the hardest job in aviation
That's an urban legend
More time to fly, less time to turn wrenches
You have a lot of splaining to do
"Mechanics can be ornery sometimes"
Live from Airventure 2025
That'd be like putting grease on the road
That's one way to flat spot a tire
An airplane with no engine is worth nothing
You have to cart mogas around like a homeless person
You have license to go zorching around
"Continentals burn valves and Lycomings stick valves"
My airplane is a flying experiment
They put all their maintenance records on napkins
Keep torturing those airplanes...and students
Shame on you for even thinking about it
If that doesn't work you've got the flame thrower option
Your airplane is on a full-time IV drip
You don’t know if he’s going to hit you with a wrench or a lawsuit
There's a serious brain drain in aviation maintenance
Check it, log it, and then relax
There's a reason they call these amateur built
Don't open up the fuel system if you don't have to
The engine didn't explode
When they go bad the engine is toast
It goes through cylinders like flapjacks
When it starts to talk to you it's time to replace it
The people who design these airplanes don't work on them
Full rich is horrendously rich
Live from Saturday Airventure 2024
Mechanics are the surgeons of aviation
I've had grass stains on my prop
Placard it inop
Don't pull the throttle back until you want to land
Don't do that
I have permission to get an airplane
I'm against throwing a part at something

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