Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #51110
From: Tracy Crook <tracy@rotaryaviation.com>
Sender: <rwstracy@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: tuning issues
Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 13:34:23 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
When something is truly random, there are no clues.  You have to check everything.  What have you checked?  Try the easiest things first.  Flip that little switch.   Does it do the same thing on both controllers?

 

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Bill Bradburry <bbradburry@bellsouth.net> wrote:

I don’t think it is fuel filter related.  The fuel pressure is holding steady during this time.  I think it is some kind of misfire, but have no clue as to what could be causing it or how to go about diagnosing it.  It is both random and intermittent and happens at various rpms.  Nothing seems consistant about it happening.

What should I check?

 

Bill B

 


From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Tracy Crook
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 12:53 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: tuning issues

 

Anything that causes a misfire will cause the mixture to indicate lean.  Remember, it's an Oxygen sensor.  If you don't burn the fuel it's got a lot of that being pumped down the exhaust  making the instrument think things are Very lean.. 

Problem may not be fuel related at all.

Tracy

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Bill Bradburry <bbradburry@bellsouth.net> wrote:

After I get the engine running smoothly in a range, it will occasionally
hiccup.  When it does, the mixture will then go down sometimes off the
scale, then come back to where it was.  I have not noticed any dips in the
MAP table at these locations.
Any ideas, suggestions?

Bill B

 


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