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"New" Cylinder Oil Leak

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dnnewman

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I had an overhauled cylinder installed on my A65 about 12 flight hrs ago. Happens to be #1.

Son of a gun is leaking oil from the top and bottom spark plugs seats, at least as far as I can tell. I pulled the top plug and it was oil soaked (see pic). Started with a little oil a couple flights ago. But today grew to cover the side and bottom of the plane. Lost about 3/8qt in less than 30min flight.

Any ideas why so much oil is getting into the cylinder?
 

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