Real talk about the Lycoming O-360 overhaul price

Let's be honest, figuring out there the current Lycoming O-360 overhaul price is more than enough to generate any plane owner break out in a chilly sweat. It's one of those big-ticket items that will looms over you as the hour meter ticks closer in order to that magical 2, 000-hour TBO (Time Between Overhaul) tag. We all understand the O-360 is a bulletproof workhorse—it's the engine that basically built the general aviation world—but "bulletproof" doesn't mean "cheap to fix" when the time finally comes in order to split the case. ...

March 29, 2026 · 7 min · O'louchlan Maynard