Return-Path: Received: from relay02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net ([66.133.131.35] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 548848 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 21:49:26 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.133.131.35; envelope-from=canarder@frontiernet.net Received: from filter02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (filter02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.131.177]) by relay02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9773100A4 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 02:48:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net ([66.133.131.35]) by filter02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (filter02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.131.177]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 22276-02-18 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 02:48:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (67-137-80-105.dsl2.cok.tn.frontiernet.net [67.137.80.105]) by relay02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C04C10137 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 02:48:55 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <41AA8E16.6010708@frontiernet.net> Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:48:54 -0600 From: Jim Sower User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040514 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Bernie run update References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0448-1, 11/26/2004), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20040701 (2.0) at filter02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net <...he thinks there was a plug not firing until the engine started warming up ...> All these problems with plugs getting flooded and engine won't start. I've been wondering if anyone uses starting fluid. When I was in the auto repair business I used it EXTENSIVELY to clear floods and also as a "primer" after a carb rebuild to keep the engine running while the fuel pump filled the float bowl. Wonderful stuff. Lots of wives' tales about tearing up engines. Get past that and it's great (particularly for clearing floods - combustion always seemed to consume the fuel around the electrodes and insulator. Wonderin' if it works on rotaries - or if anyone has tried ... Jim S.