Return-Path: Received: from mail.viclink.com ([66.129.220.6] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 548696 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:22:05 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.129.220.6; envelope-from=pjmick@viclink.com Received: from viclink.com (p025.AS1.viclink.com [66.129.192.25]) by mail.viclink.com (8.11.7/8.11.7) with ESMTP id iAT0LCf12409 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 16:21:12 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <41AA6B2D.3010301@viclink.com> Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 16:19:57 -0800 From: Perry Mick User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Another precautionary landing References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------040803070406050904020201" --------------040803070406050904020201 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Maybe it's that oil oring in the front cover? Wasn't the engine recently opened up? DaveLeonard wrote: >Very sorry to hear that John. Interested to hear what happened. > >Dave Leonard > > > > >>Today I changed the plugs, oil and filter. Engine seemed to be >>running well. >>Oil pressure 87 on the runup. I didn't hear anything unusual, but an >>observer on the ground said I had a misfire or two on the take-off roll. >> >>I did a pattern. Oil pressure 65 on the downwind at 3600 rpm. After a low >>pass, which apparently sounded sweet from the ground I headed south a few >>miles and climbed above the class C. By the time I was over the field at >>5000' the oil pressure was 24 at 3500 rpm, coolant temp was 230 >>and oil 220 >>(much higher than usual). I began a descent. At minimum throttle >>temps went >>back below 200, but oil pressure was around 20 - 25. Engine began running >>rough. Richer mixture smoothed it out. I had the mixture at a 4 >>pm setting. >>Anything leaner and it faltered. Switched off one set of injectors (the >>primaries I think) and it ran better. >> >>On short final at idle oil pressure was in single digits, and as I taxied >>back to the hangar it was actually reading negative. >> >>Y'know - I'm getting really sick of this. >> >>John (hoping for a positive attitude in the morning) >> >> >> >> >> >>>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >>>> >>>> > > > >>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >>> >>> > > > > --------------040803070406050904020201 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Maybe it's that oil oring in the front cover? Wasn't the engine recently opened up?

DaveLeonard wrote:

Very sorry to hear that John.  Interested to hear what happened.

Dave Leonard

Today I changed the plugs, oil and filter. Engine seemed to be 
running well.
Oil pressure 87 on the runup. I didn't hear anything unusual, but an
observer on the ground said I had a misfire or two on the take-off roll.

I did a pattern. Oil pressure 65 on the downwind at 3600 rpm. After a low
pass, which apparently sounded sweet from the ground I headed south a few
miles and climbed above the class C. By the time I was over the field at
5000' the oil pressure was 24 at 3500 rpm, coolant temp was 230 
and oil 220
(much higher than usual). I began a descent. At minimum throttle 
temps went
back below 200, but oil pressure was around 20 - 25. Engine began running
rough. Richer mixture smoothed it out. I had the mixture at a 4 
pm setting.
Anything leaner and it faltered. Switched off one set of injectors (the
primaries I think) and it ran better.

On short final at idle oil pressure was in single digits, and as I taxied
back to the hangar it was actually reading negative.

Y'know - I'm getting really sick of this.

John (hoping for a positive attitude in the morning)

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