New Skymaster Owner

[frank.oconnor19]

Owning this airplane is a labor of love. Learn to do some of the stuff yourself, will save you a ton, and you will learn more about the plane.

When my partner, John Cooper, and I purchased our plane, the rear engine was a problem for heat as well. We did a couple of things, that depending on how long your plane sat, I highly recommend.

1. Get the oil cooler serviced, this will help
2. If you can get the correct socket, John and Bruce( local mechanic) used a grinder to get the thickness of the correct socket thin enough to get on the Oil Cooler valve.
3. Make sure you plug the holes and gaps in the rear engine baffles.

Be a crazy person about keeping the engine cool enough, slow dow a few knots, make the engine much happier.

And for others here, correct me if I am wrong, but the oil pressure has everything to do with how well the propeller feathers. Change the oil, have it looked at.

Finally - where are you based?

Frank