Mark815
Well-Known Member
Exactly... I was at a TBMOPA meeting a few years ago. Pratt and Whitney had techs and engineers out explaining how engine washes every 100 hours were beneficial and would save an owner money in the long haul... However there were 5 or so owners asking "can I do this myself? Do I need to do this every 100 hours? Can I just do it once a year?" I mean come on guys, sure you bought the airplane to save some money on fuel, but it's the only engine you got. you need to take care of it.
It never ceased to amaze me when I worked line service how cheap some of these people really are. I had guys show up in brand new Mooney's, PC12s, heck even single pilot Citations, and upon finding out that our competitions fuel was 5 cents cheaper, they would literally go and start their plane, and taxi over to the other FBO. Always blew my mind that they were fine with another start/stop cycle on the engine, plus the fuel burn to go save a few bucks.