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Cylinder Borescope Inspection Checklist
(Rev. 1.1)
This checklist documents the standard cylinder borescope inspection protocol
recommended by Savvy, and includes the standard file naming convention to facilitate
easy bulk uploading of borescope images to the borescope image repository on Savvy’s
platform. The standard protocol calls for capturing a sequence of 11 specific images of each
cylinder.
Aircraft Registration: ____________________ Owner: ____________________________
Aircraft Year/Make/Model/SN: ________________________________________________
Engine Make/Model/SN: ______________________________________________________
Engine Location: □ front □ back □ left □ right
Cylinder: □ 1 □2 □3 □4 □5 □6 □7 □8 □9
We recommend that the 11 images for each cylinder be taken in the following sequence.
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Cylinder Borescope Inspection Checklist (rev 1.1)
1. □ Piston Crown View
(piston-crown)
Capture an image of the entire piston crown. Position
piston at bottom-dead-center and position borescope
camera just inside the top spark plug boss with the
articulating tip set to 0° (straight ahead).
2. □ Exhaust Valve—Head View
(exhaust-valve-head)
Capture an image of the entire exhaust valve face.
Position piston at bottom-dead-center and position
borescope camera near piston crown with the
articulating tip set to roughly 180° (looking toward
cylinder head).
3. □ Exhaust Valve—Seat+Face View
(exhaust-valve-seat)
Capture an image of the exhaust valve seat and valve
face (sealing surface). Position crankshaft so exhaust
valve is fully open and position borescope camera just
inside top spark plug boss with the articulating tip set
to roughly 90° (looking sideways toward edge of open valve).
4. □ Exhaust Valve—Stem+Guide View
(exhaust-valve-stem)
Capture an image of the exhaust valve stem and guide.
Position crankshaft so exhaust valve is fully open and
position borescope camera between the open valve and
the seat with the articulating tip set to roughly 120° to
150° (looking up through the seat toward the valve stem
where it exits the valve guide).
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Cylinder Borescope Inspection Checklist (rev 1.1)
5. □ Intake Valve—Head View
(intake-valve-head)
Capture an image of the entire intake valve head.
Position piston at bottom-dead-center and position
borescope camera near piston crown with the
articulating tip set to roughly 180° (looking toward
cylinder head).
6. □ Intake Valve—Seat+Face View
(intake-valve-seat)
Capture an image of the intake valve seat and valve head
(sealing surface. Position crankshaft so intake valve is
fully open and position borescope camera just inside top
spark plug boss with the articulating tip set to roughly 90°
(looking sideways toward edge of open valve.
7. □ Intake Valve—Stem+Guide View
(intake-valve-stem)
Capture an image of the intake valve stem and guide.
Position crankshaft so intake valve is fully open and
position borescope camera between the open valve and
the seat with the articulating tip set to roughly 120° to 150°
(looking up through the seat toward the valve stem where
it exits the valve guide).
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Cylinder Borescope Inspection Checklist (rev 1.1)
8. □ Cylinder Wall—12 O’Clock View
(cylinder-wall-12)
Capture an image of the cylinder barrel wall looking
toward the 12 o’clock position (up). Position piston at
bottom-dead-center and position borescope camera near
the 6 o’clock position (down) with the articulating tip set
to roughly 90° (looking up toward the 12 o’clock position of
the cylinder barrel). Fine-tune camera position and tip
angle for optimum focus and minimum reflections.
9. □ Cylinder Wall—3 O’Clock View
(cylinder-wall-3)
Capture an image of the cylinder barrel wall looking toward
the 3 o’clock position (right). Position piston at
bottom-dead-center and position borescope camera near the 9
o’clock position (left) with the articulating tip set to roughly
90° (looking right toward the 3 o’clock position of the cylinder
barrel). Fine-tune camera position and tip angle for optimum focus and minimum
reflections.
10. □ Cylinder Wall—6 O’Clock View
(cylinder-wall-6)
Capture an image of the cylinder barrel wall looking toward
the 6 o’clock position (down). Position piston at
bottom-dead-center and position borescope camera near the
12 o’clock position (up) with the articulating tip set to roughly
90° (looking down toward the 6 o’clock position of the
cylinder barrel). Fine-tune camera position and tip angle for
optimum focus and minimum reflections.
11. □ Cylinder Wall—9 O’Clock View
(cylinder-wall-9)
Capture an image of the cylinder barrel wall looking toward the
12 o’clock position (left). Position piston at bottom-dead-center
and position borescope camera near the 3 o’clock position
(right) with the articulating tip set to roughly 90° (looking left
toward the 9 o’clock position of the cylinder barrel). Fine-tune
camera position and tip angle for optimum focus and minimum reflections.
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Cylinder Borescope Inspection Checklist (rev 1.1)
Image File Naming Convention
To facilitate bulk uploading of borescope images to the borescope image repository on the
Savvy platform, the file names of your borescope images should conform to the following
naming convention:
<cylinder >-<view>-<date>.<extension>
where
<cylinder> = digit 1-9
<view> =
● piston-crown
● exhaust-valve-head
● exhaust-valve-seat
● exhaust-valve-stem
● intake-valve-head
● intake-valve-seat
● intake-valve-stem
● cylinder-wall-12
● cylinder-wall-3
● cylinder-wall-6
● cylinder-wall-9
NOTE: These view names may be abbreviated to piston, exh-head, exh-seat, exh-stem, int-head, int-seat,
int-stem, wall-12, wall-3, wall-6, and wall-9. However, the longer forms are preferred for human readability.
<date> = image date in format YYYYMMDD (defaults to upload date if omitted)
<extension> = image type (.jpg, .png, etc.)
EXAMPLES:
1-piston-crown-20240315.png is the “piston crown” view for cylinder #1 taken
03/15/2024.
2-cylinder-wall-9-20240315.jpg is the “cylinder wall 9 o’clock position” for cylinder
#2 taken on 03/15/2024.
3-exhaust-valve-head.jpg is the “exhaust valve head” view for cylinder #3
(undated).
3-exh-head.jpg is the same as the previous example but in abbreviated format.
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