Lycoming has announced an increased TBO of 2600 hours for factory new or factory rebuilt engines. These are the qualifying engines at this point: O‑320, IO‑320, O‑360, IO‑360, IO‑390, O‑540, and IO‑540 series, Rotorcraft engine also get an increased TBO by an extra 300 hours above the original base TBO although they did not specify what that was. TBO for regular overhauls outside the factory are still at 2200 hrs. This is excellent news for all those Pipers that use Lycomings, and that’s a lot including my own Apache.
Please note the increase is ONLY for FACTORY NEW or REBUILT engines however it certainly won’t hurt the status of the rest of the fleet. Also, Lycoming is removing the FREQUENT USE requirement and the CROP DUSTING limitation.
Overall, I think this is a HUGE improvement for Lycoming Engines. Continental and Rotax, you are next!
