Hello SkyKing,
My plane is a 1975 P337G N34EC.
Gasket that failed is a high pressure oil gasket that seals the oil filter adpt. to the back of the front engine. Yes! We ran ground run test looking for leaks and none were observed. We also did a flight around the patch before heading out and all gauges were in the green. On the maint. check flight to JXN, I had a friend as a second set of eyes on the gauges. First indication I got was loss of front engine turbo power and almost at same time loss of pressure on the gauge. It took only about 30 seconds to secure engine which saved the day. Fokes, it pays to practice emergency procedures and I really do a lot of single engine practice. You have to react quickly to save an engine and all that practive paid off. Funny, Most of my friends have single engine airplanes and from time to time I get a lot of kidding. You know the type,---"Second engine flies you to the secene of the accident etc." Now they know that the second engine got me home safe and sound.
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