Author: Paul McBride

The basic answer is yes, but converting an O-320-B3B engine to fuel injection may be a bigger mountain to climb […]

Question for Paul McBride, the General Aviation News engines expert: I saw your recent column, “Should I pre-oil these Lycoming engines?,” and […]

My guess is that you want to eliminate any possibility of internal lack of lubrication during engine start-up. As I […]

I’m having trouble finding anyone who wants to handle this issue and the sale of the airplane is in escrow […]

I’ve recently been experiencing a starting problem with my Mooney 201. The first start of the day is typical. However, […]

When Joy Hobbs sent in a photo of her grandfather and his co-workers by Lycoming’s XR-7755-3 engine, it attracted a […]

After the engine sat for several years without being run, it began to backfire about 20 minutes into a test […]

A reader has two questions for Paul McBride, the General Aviation News engines expert, about the Lycoming O-235-C1B engine in an amateur-built […]

Question for Paul McBride, the General Aviation News engines expert: My grandfather, Russell Leuck, worked at Avco Lycoming Engines in 1943. I […]

I have an O-360 Mattituck (experimental) engine installed on my RV-7A. I have been using Aeroshell W100 Plus for more […]