Return-Path: Received: from pop3.olsusa.com ([63.150.212.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5.8) with ESMTP id 1153309 for rob@logan.com; Tue, 02 Apr 2002 09:18:33 -0500 Received: from siaag1ae.compuserve.com ([149.174.40.7]) by pop3.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-71866U8000L800S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 09:13:58 -0500 Received: (from mailgate@localhost) by siaag1ae.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-1.12) id JAA27941 for lancair.list@olsusa.com; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 09:17:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 09:17:07 -0500 From: James Frantz Subject: Too lean or too rich Sender: James Frantz To: "INTERNET:lancair.list@olsusa.com" Message-ID: <200204020917_MC3-F831-2F29@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> backfiring --- >Is this an = indication of a too lean idle mixture?< During this maneuver, pull the mixture = towards idle cutoff. If the backfiring = goes away and the engine keeps running the engine is set too rich at idle. I suspect you are too rich. This is a problem that should be = corrected ASAP. Extended idle at too rich a misture can cause the engine to not respond to throttle inputs (quit). James B. Frantz >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://members.olsusa.com/mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please remember that purchases from the Builders' Bookstore assist with the management of the LML. Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>