After almost 600 hrs on my Sparrow Hawk Gyro and the 2.5 suburu engine I installed a new heavy duty oil pickup tube..
Altho the factory tube was in perfect shape,,I still replaced it.
After some 11 mins the engine shut down because of low oil pressure. Yes I had a student and with no injuries or other damages to speak of.. And YES we were in flight in the pattern.
That almost 200 dollar item and a few hours work just turned into possibly 3000...
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