Jim
I have had that happen with my McCauley constant speed three blade prop on my 2003 Cessna 182T and am in the process of having it resealed now for the second time in TT340hrs. I was just wondering if the weight or properties of your MT 4 blade might somehow be affecting the durability of the TSIO550 but if you say it is certified with the engine, I guess that is unlikely.

Putting the separate engine and prop problems aside, are you otherwise happy with the performance of the combination MT4 blade and TSIO 550E?

Thanks for your input

Joseph Neustein, MD
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On Apr 12, 2005, at 11:23 PM, JIMRHER@aol.com wrote:

Joseph I have the MT 4 Blade that looks and sounds Sexy, which my airplane requires, But had to be taken off and resealed after about 100 hrs. because of grease leaking out the blade roots. All four blades were throwing enough grease to show streaks up 2/3 of each blade and onto the cowl and even the windshield after about 7 hr flight. The resealed one is much better but still shows some leakage. They tell me that is fine, and only worry if it stop leaking. This prop IS certified with this engine and qualifies for a 25 hr. test flight period.

Jim Hergert
N6XE (An Sexy)