Re: Rotax rubber hose 5 year replacement costs
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 8:20 am
MrMorden wrote:That's good. I looked at the coat of those Teflon hoses and hated to think you planned to pay that every 5 years! My CT has a couple of Teflon hoses on the top of the engine from the factory. I wish they had done Teflon everywhere.David wrote:Re: 5 year replacement, plan on extending beyond 5 years but check them each year during the conditional and see how it goesMrMorden wrote:
Maybe at the next rubber change I'll bite the bullet and go all Teflon so I never have to replace them again. Some of them are a real PITA to get to well enough to change them.
Is Rotax ok with using Teflon hoses ? I don’t see anything about hoses in the Master Equipment list for my plane so I presume that this is covered by the typical “ if Rotax approves then so do we” approach used for engine components ...