P- Mag failures
I have a RV-8 with dual P-Mags. Since the engine IOX-370 came with them installed and first flew in April 2017. I wasn?t advised about the blast tubes being required until I started experiencing failures of the Lt Mag. The left Mag is positioned between the oil cooler and the oil filter thereby being more exposed to heat. After three attempts of sending the P-Mag back to factory for rework they sent a new one. I then took the Rt Mag moved it to the left and put the new Mag on the right. After about 40 hours the original Mag failed completely. It?s on its way back to factory as I post this message. When they are operating things are great. I am looking for advise and comments.
To me these mags shouldn?t be this temperamental or unreliable. I think the option of going to regular mags would be expensive since auto spark plugs have a smaller diameter and the cylinders would have to be modified to accept regular aviation plugs.
Open to help and comments!
I have a RV-8 with dual P-Mags. Since the engine IOX-370 came with them installed and first flew in April 2017. I wasn?t advised about the blast tubes being required until I started experiencing failures of the Lt Mag. The left Mag is positioned between the oil cooler and the oil filter thereby being more exposed to heat. After three attempts of sending the P-Mag back to factory for rework they sent a new one. I then took the Rt Mag moved it to the left and put the new Mag on the right. After about 40 hours the original Mag failed completely. It?s on its way back to factory as I post this message. When they are operating things are great. I am looking for advise and comments.
To me these mags shouldn?t be this temperamental or unreliable. I think the option of going to regular mags would be expensive since auto spark plugs have a smaller diameter and the cylinders would have to be modified to accept regular aviation plugs.
Open to help and comments!