X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mx2.netapp.com ([216.240.18.37] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.11) with ESMTPS id 4666102 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:45:32 -0500 Received-SPF: softfail receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.240.18.37; envelope-from=echristley@nc.rr.com X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.60,284,1291622400"; d="scan'208";a="502423178" Received: from smtp1.corp.netapp.com ([10.57.156.124]) by mx2-out.netapp.com with ESMTP; 06 Jan 2011 09:44:26 -0800 Received: from [10.62.16.200] (ernestc-laptop.hq.netapp.com [10.62.16.200]) by smtp1.corp.netapp.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/NTAP-1.6) with ESMTP id p06HiPBB005834 for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2011 09:44:25 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D25FF78.1050205@nc.rr.com> Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:44:24 -0500 From: Ernest Christley Reply-To: echristley@nc.rr.com User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100623) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Hard hot start problem possibley found. References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Chris Barber wrote: > > Now, if any of you fine gentlemen and ladies have some nice little > solution that would allow me to not take such drastic action, I am > open to such suggestion. > > > Chris > You have the benefit of the fact that the engine WILL run. Get it running to a fast idle, and use a Windex bottle or some other type of mister to spray a pint or so of water into the intake. Be careful that you don't spray so fast as to choke the engine, and the resulting steam will strip all the carbon out. How to spray without getting caught up in a propeller is left as an exercise for the reader.