How to Break-In a Continental Aircraft Engine!
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He is the kind of pilot that has forgotten more than most pilots know=== great video
Very interesting. It reminds me of the procedures I followed when I overhauled my previous SR22’s cylinders... great content Kristoffer.
Pilot from Continental is a real pro and obviously has a depth of experience and knowledge 👍👍
He is an amazing pilot and an even better person.
Glad the Continental shop in my home state treated you well. Proud to have them based at KCQF. And proud to have their engine manufacturing facility in Mobile.
They are great and I enjoyed staying downtown Mobile.
Turbo charger cooldown said at the end!
Fairhope is my home airport. Rare sight to see a Baron come through here.
Great little airport
You're correct! A "WEALTH" of knowledge for sure!!
30 years ago, had an awesome time rebuilding an Apache. It had sat for five years but long story short, run ups on the ground we blew both prop governors and bathed ourselves with fluid, they had froze up. Thankfully the spinners caught the chunks of metal. That was a fun plane to fly. The baron always reminded me of it, but with a whole lot more giddy up. Lol. I look at your baron and cant fathom all the tech there is now, I mean just mode c was a luxury then. DME was unheard of but ADF was sure nice to have....I miss flying, but I do not miss instructing....
I bet it was fun rebuilding it. Sorry to hear what happened. Planes never like sitting 😢
Baron Pilot no they don’t, and it had one of those current “annuals” by friend wink wink kind of deals. We knew that but a twin for $5k was to good to pass up at the time. We put another $5k into it with avionics as well. Wish I had the plane now, but we sold it and bought a Seneca II and started a chart company. Ahhhhh good times, why I switched to law enforcement eventually ill never know.....lol
Very interesting video, thanks for taking the time to share his wealth of knowledge! Great video
Great Video! I am breaking in a new cylinder on a Continental IO-550 jump plane in Pensacola. I want to learn as much as I can for it's longevity!
Great Video Baron Pilot, It's fun to see the back end of maintenance, annuals, or in your case, full engine replacements. Not something you get to see every day.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Great video ! Great pilot, he's the kind of pilot that makes you understand things a lot easier!
I found him very informative.
Great video. Guy knows his schitt!
Great video on how to properly break- in new Continental Engines by Chuck. The break in process is more involved than I thought. You have to operate the aircraft according to the proper procedures during the break in period or you just wasted a lot of money. I had no idea what was involved ,so the video was extremely educational. Safe flight back to Punta Gorda!
It was fun to get good information out on the topic.
That was very interesting. Chuck is a cool dude.
Great video amigo always love to hear from anyone from the factory or someone who has great knowledge of Continental or Lycoming engines about break-in and wear.
I was looking forward to this video.
Great video and knowledge for my own Continental. Thanks for the ride!
Glad you find it useful
Very interesting. I did a google look-up on manifold pressure which is described a measurement of suction more than "pressure!" Neat and always look forward to your posts. Cheers from KMQJ land.
Good day Baron, have a good time
My buddy Chuck, so cool to see my home airport KCQF
Chuck is great. You have a great little airport there!
Kristoffer, Nice job on the video. I am sure I will contact Lycoming and get what they have to say on a break-in of one of their engines but this gives me a good idea of what I am in for. They say my factory rebuilt engine is on the way so I sit and wait. Have a great week and once again thank you for the time and effort you put into these videos.
I would expect it to be nearly identical
@@BaronPilot Yes I would think it would be as well. I will read up a little before. Engine was delivered today and is sitting in my shop. I have to wait until the end of the weekend to bring it to be installed as they are putting new blacktop in front of the hangers and on the taxiway, so no driving on it. Have a great weekend.
awesome video, I use to live in Gulf Shores but live in Pensacola now. Landed at Fairhope many times when a student pilot. I'm a rusty pilot looking to buy a plane this year and a A&P with my I.A.
Hi Chris, this was most interesting and informative. Your pilot could quite comfortably be behind a B 52 and fit right in. To record this and send around the world is gold. So much info could be lost, yet one can refer to his info again and again at a later date. Keep up these super videos.👍
Thanks. I hope people refer to this video for their break in.
Very informative video and I think a first by any TH-camr.
Excellent video I just put 100 hours on my new IOF-240B5 FADEC and that's how I did it too!
I would love FADEC
Thank you Baron pilot!
My pleasure
Nice! Thank you for that very informative video... From Martinique FWI
Great info here, Kris!! The break in here is similar to outboard, or inboard boat motor break in procedures, presumably because of the type of loads they see (constant, and heavy). Completely different from a car, motorcycle, or off-road motorcycle or ATV. I do believe car engines can be broken in the same way, but many will argue that fact (although it's difficult to do on public roadways, especially near cities - easier on a dynamometer, or on the open roads of the West ... but still illegal there, too). Of course, auto & motorcycle manufacturers want you to do the exact opposite, since they don't want to fix your vehicle on their dime under warranty. I could talk for hours about this stuff with Chuck, I'd bet. 😊
Thanks for sharing, Kris - been waiting for this one. 👍🍻
How much fun would it be to drive your car at 75% for an hour at a time? Lol
@@BaronPilot - That would be great, HAHAHA! 😁
Great video and huge knowledge of this engineer.
Thanks
Great VID Chris...I enjoyed the break-in education portion on those Continental engines. :-). Don
Break in flights are fun :) done a few, was good to hear from a professionals perspective rather than a manual and a mechanic.
This is one of the videos that I was really looking forward to
@@BaronPilot Did i hear the guy mention turbochargers just before shutdown ? both the seneca5 nd Da42 i let idle for 90 seconds before shutdown. the turbos on the original Theilert powered Da42 were known to fracture if not cooled properly. Barons have been illusive for me only managed 2 flights in a io-470 powered Be55. Have you had any issues with the Bag tanks in the wings?
Oh yeah, when did they add turbos to your engines? LOL! Great video. A lot of 'old pilot's tales' went in the propwash from this video. I've heard everything up to 50 hours for proper break in, which I thought was kind of nuts. Thanks for posting this, Kris.
That’s why I was so excited to do this video
Great info to have. I don't think I'll ever have to break in a new engine. Thanks for sharing. :-)
Saw your plane on Steveo's latest video at the beginning of his latest video at Banyon.
Very good information, THANK YOU !
Good procedures. Ever think of the 360 camera like Niko has? Just a thought. Appreciate the video and info.
Does it make you feel uneasy about breaking the engines in just a little bit? Definitely want to follow the right procedures , good information to know!
Fantastic Video!!!
Thanks
Great video!
Thanks
You have the same look I had when somebody else drove my peterbilt.
This was really interesting :) Thanks Chris!
Glad you enjoyed it
Great info/video. 😊
A sidenote and car wise: That's also why i like to purchase demo driven newer cars, because they are usely testet and broken in hard, and hopefully done when the engine is in the range of operating temperature.
you can be sure they are never run hard in the proper operating temp. Always hard when cold. I would never buy a demo car exactly for that reason.
@@tomekwrs Ok had good luck with mine then. No eye measurable oil consumption on dip stick, easy startup cold and warm and goes like a champ. It's a 2015 Ford Focus Titanium X 1.0 Ecoboost. Had it now in 2.5 years. Mileage now of 27000 miles soon. (43000 km.)
I live and learn 😊
When i test new cars i always take it easy before it gets in operating temperature, then floor it often for the test and if i purchase a new car a hard break in when engine temps are in range of 180-210°f (82-95°c)
Very informative video. Any difference in the oil used for break-in and after break-in?
During breaking, mineral oil. Then, oil of your choice
Philips XC 20W50 is also approved by the factory for break in.
Could someone explain more about oil level stabilization? If I have a 6 quart engine and I fill it every time it hits 4 quarts to 5, am I possibly waisting oil?
Typically a piston airplane engine will spit out excess oil through the breather tube. You can figure out what is proper for your airplane by waiting to see where it settles. (Assuming you don’t have any leaks of pressurization)
Please don't all grown lol but, what is manifold pressure and how does it affect your FPM? Thanks.
It's a gauge to determine how much power is being developed by the engine. The more air and fuel we can pump or pull into the cylinders, the more power the engine can develop (which makes us fly faster). When you can measure how much air pressure is in the induction system, just before the air / fuel mixture enters into the cylinders, you will have a good idea of how much power you are developing.
Pretty sure I already watched this one.
Are these brand new Continentals or factory re-manufactured? Is the break-in procedure the same for both?
Break in is for cylinders, whether new or overhauled the cross hatch is fresh. the procedure is the same.
@@rossvidoni509 That's what I would assume as well. But with virgin alloys in the rotating assembly, it's not just worrying about seating the piston rings. I don't have the memory like I used to but thought I remembered that the break-in procedure was slightly different with all new components.
@@DougHanchard Not sure what differences between virgin nitrided steel and non-virgin but freshly nitrided steel would be but my guess is there are none. The piston and rings are the only part of the engine where two metal surfaces are designed to have metal to metal contact during the initial run in. They are also the only component directly affected by cylinder pressure. Every other part of the engine should riding on a film of oil. After break in the rings should cease to make metal to metal contact unless something has gone badly. It's why you can still see pronounced cross hatch on high time/mileage engines.
Is mineral oil used during break in?
It can be. In my case I used Phillips XC 20W50 that was approved as well.
I agree. Actually, my experience is that XC works a bit better than straight mineral.
I haven't flown in a long time. I notice today people refer to the "engine" as a "motor". You did not. Is it still an "engine"?
A lot of people use the term interchangeably. I’ve never seen a starter engine. So when I hear an engine being called a motor it gets confusing.
@@williegillie5712 Typically, a motor is electric.
Murnel Babineaux yes that is what I have found out so far, agreed
Did someone say turbocharger? 🤔.
😜
Yes right at end, say whaaaat
That plane is lucky it found you.
Haha it has come a long way.
engine break in is one of those controversial voodoo things. A lot of the specifics are more hand me down wisdom than actual science.
You just experienced a vanishing breed......
Way more complicated fuzzy explanation than it should be and also made jab at aircraft test stand and inflight engineers in Ada.