TEXTRON LYCOMING OPERATOR'S MANUAL
0-360 and ASSOCIATED MODELS SECTION 3
SECTION 3
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
1. GENERAL. Close adherence
to these instructions
will greatly
contribute
to long life, economy
and satisfactory operation of the
engine.
NOTE
YOUR ATTENTION IS DIRECTED TO THE WARRANTIES THAT
APPEAR IN THE FRONT OF THIS MANUAL REGARDING ENGINE
SPEED, THE USE OF SPECIFIED FUELS AND LUBRICANTS,
REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS. PERHAPS NO OTHER ITEM OF
ENGINE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE CONTRIBUTES QUITE
SO MUCH
TO SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE
AND LONG LIFE
AS
THE CONSTANT USE OF CORRECT GRADES OF FUEL AND OIL,
CORRICT ENGINE TIMING
AND FLYING THE AIRCRAFT
AT ALL
TIMES WITHIN THE SPI:EI) AND POWER RANGE SPECIFIED OR
THE ENGINE.
DO NOT FORGET THAT
VIOLATION OF THE
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR YOUR
ENGINE WILL NOT ONLY VOID YOUR WARRANTY BUT WILL
SHORTEN THE LIFE OF YOUR ENGINE AFTER ITS WARRANTY
PERIOD HAS PASSED.
New engines have been carefully run-in by Lycoming and
therefore, no further break-in is necessary insofar as operation is
concerned; however, new or newly overhauled engines should be operated
on straight mineral oil for a
minimum of 50 hours or until oil
consumption
has stabilized.
After this period, a change
to an approved additive oil may
be made, if so desired.
NOTE
Cruising
should be done at 65% to
75% power until a total of 50
hours has
accumulated or oil consumption
has stabilized. This is to
ensure proper
seating of the rings and is applicable to new engines, and engines in service
following cylinder replacement or top overhaul of one or more cylinders.
The minimum fuel octane
rating is listed in the flight
chart, Part 8 of
this section. Under
no circumstances should fuel
of a lower octane rating
or automotive fuel (regardless of octane rating) be used.
2. PRESTARTING
ITEMS OF MAINTENANCE.
Before starting the
aircraft engine for the first flight of the day, there are several items of
maintenance
inspection that should be performed.
These are described
in
Section
4 under Daily Pre-Flight Inspection.
They must be observed
before
the engine is started.
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