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Was sure the boroscope was a gimmick until I found the crack on a 172 exhaust
I always figured a cheap $200 boroscope was a toy for guys who wanted to look busy, so I kept pulling risers and baffles by hand on every inspection. Last month a 172 came in for annual at our shop in Spokane and I ran the camera down the exhaust stack just to prove my point, and there it was, a hairline crack on cylinder 3 that I never would have caught with a flashlight. How many of you actually trust a camera for your engine inspections, or do you still pull parts no matter what?
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tarag2827d ago
Funny timing on this because a buddy of mine bought one of those cheap cameras to check inside the walls of his house for a remodel, and he ended up finding a wasp nest the size of a basketball that he never would have known about. Point is, those things see stuff our eyes just can't get to, doesn't matter if it's a 172 exhaust or a bedroom wall. I still pull the risers on anything that looks off, but the camera goes down first now, every time. It doesn't replace hands on work, it just tells you where to put your hands. Saved me from yanking a perfectly good baffle apart last spring too, so it cuts both ways.
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