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1. 07:30 AM - Re: Octane booster (lucien)
2. 06:27 PM - 914 Intake valve stuck? (Kitfox George)
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| Subject: | Re: Octane booster |
Float Flyr wrote:
> Some of the guys who have to run the E-10 have been finding the Ethanol
> dissolves their fuel tanks. When you get the yellow goo in your carb you
> may find the 912 doesn't like it!
>
> Noel
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> --
Another thing that happens is any varnish or other deposits left behind by gas
are dissolved and cleaned out by the ethanol. So if your system isn't already
clean, the dissolved debris can make it up to the filter, or into the carbys and
the engine.... stopping or slowing the prop....
So you have to make sure the whole system is clean before switching over to E10
and eagle-eye the fuel filter on pre/post flight for a while after you switch.
I use a large clear paper fuel filter (no, I won't participate in the fuel filter
thread again ;)), rather than the recommended small ones with the rock-like
or screen elements. This way, the extra size and filter area gives me a fighting
chance to catch any clogging on pre and post flight before it actually plugs
up and kills the engine. The little filters clog in a NYC second, but the big
ones take a while and hopefully you arrive at your destination before it plugs
completely up.....
LS
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LS
Titan II SS
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| Subject: | 914 Intake valve stuck? |
The motor-has sat for awhile; okay a long while. It was suppose to-have
had bearings-and piston rings replaced but everything else was within sp
ec.-I-noticed when I hand propped the engine just for oil purging that
I had a little drag at one point but could not figure it out. Now two engin
es run later with the first for-a very short time to check everything and
then a run for 10 minutes.-Today I almost could not-turn the-prop by
hand because-of an intake valve-was stuck or it just would-hardly mo
ve. I-removed the air intake to the offending valve and sprayed everythin
g in my garage to loosen it up. Finally it works some what free. Any though
ts?=0A-George=0ASport Model(7+)- Rotax 914- almost, but not yet!=0Ado not
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