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Posted: **Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:03 pm**

A friend had a 360 built for his RV-6 a few years ago(480hrs). It's been a good motor until last month. He suffered a partial loss of power, but managed to divert and make a runway. They got it home and tore it down and this is what they found in the oil pan.

When they started tearing it down the rod bolts were all undertorqued. And this allowed the rod end caps to fret and work loose causing the failure. Failure confirmed by 2 other large shops

Aerosport will not help due to out of warranty. Even though this failure is either from improper torque or possibly defective/inferior rod bolt material. so just a FYI.

Posted: **Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:23 pm**

Yipes!!

Posted: **Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:26 am**

WOW, that is a costly thing to overlook!

Sorry to hear about it.

CJ

Posted: **Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:16 am**

I'd get a few independant engineer reports to confirm faulty torque and then see the supplier in court. Thats too expensive to get screwed over.

Posted: **Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:13 pm**

I would guess the guy will just build a new one and chalk it up to bad luck. the engine was out of warranty so prevailing in court would cost more than a rebuild