Salt exposure made thorough lubrication especially important in the Taurus's complicated twin-row layout. A wartime Fleet Air Arm fitter's recollection supplies the specific maintenance experience behind the general engineering explanation. Crews learned exactly where protective oil had to reach and rewrote procedures around that hard-won knowledge. They reportedly even immersed removed engines to coat inaccessible areas, accepting the difficult cleanup needed before fuel could safely run through them again.
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Carrier maintenance made the Taurus reliable
A Fleet Air Arm fitter's account attributes many Taurus failures to lubrication and corrosion lessons that required revised maintenance practice.