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| Subject: | Embarassing Confession -- I Can't Start My Engine |
Folks,
I have about ten hours of my Phase I flying on a GlaStar with an
O-360-A1A. The engine has new rings and exhaust valves so I've been
running it hard and full rich. The engine has become increasingly
difficult to start and I want to make sure it isn't my technique before
I start pulling plugs, etc. I haven't flown in the ten years it took me
to build the airplane and my total time in that time (not including the
ten hours in the GlaStar) has been about 14 hours of recent recurrency
training in other people's airplanes.
I've used the normal start (full rich and throttle cracked about 1/4"
inch) but it doesn't want to fire. I've also used (sparingly) primer
for a couple of seconds (my primer is electric to cylinders 3 & 4). The
problem is worse when the engine is hot (and it's already hot outside
here in central Texas -- 85 to 95 degrees).
I've also used the flooded engine start (mixture at idle cut-off and
throttle full forward) when the engine wouldn't start with the normal
technique. At least this was the technique I used years ago in an
injected Mooney for hot starts.
How can I tell if it's not getting enough fuel, too much fuel, or if my
plugs have fouled because of a too rich mixture? I have been leaning
the engine when taxiing.
Best regards,
Bob
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