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Aviation Glossary :: Top Overhaul  Aviation Glossary :: Top Overhaul FAA Written Test Preparation
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Top Overhaul
Top Overhaul
An overhaul of the cylinders of an aircraft engine. The valves, pistons, and cylinders are overhauled, but the crankcase is not opened.
source: FAA Aviation Maintenance Technician Powerplant Handbook (FAA-H-8083-32)
Overhaul. In the general aviation industry, the term engine overhaul has two identifications that make a distinction between the degrees of work done on an engine:
  1. A major overhaul consists of the complete disassembly of an engine, inspected, repaired as necessary, reassembled, tested, and approved for return to service within the fits and limits specified by the manufacturer's overhaul data. This could be to new fits or limits or serviceable limits. The determination as to what fits and limits are used during an engine overhaul should be clearly understood by the engine owner at the time the engine is presented for overhaul. The owner should also be aware of any parts that are replaced, regardless of condition, as a result of a manufacturer's overhaul data, service bulletin, or an ariworthiness directive.
  2. Top Overhaul consists of the repair of parts outside of the crankcase and can be accomplished without completely disassembling the entire engine. It can include the removal of cylinders, inspection and repair to cylinders, inspection and repair to cylinder walls, pistons, valve-operating mechanisms, valve guides, valve seats, and the replacement of pistons and piston rings. A top overhaul is not recommended by all manufacturers. Some manufacturers indicate that if a powerplant requires work to this extent, it should be given a complete overhaul.
source: FAA Reciprocating Engine Terminology (AC 43-11)

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