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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] It won't run no more
From: Steve Izett <steveize@gmail.com>
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Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 11:46:56 +0800
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Hi Ernest

Can you confirm you have fueling happening?
Injectors are clicking and you can smell it?

Steve Izett
On 01/05/2012, at 11:39 AM, Ernest Christley wrote:

> I had my engine running fairly well last fall.  Then I turned my =
attention to propeller building, body work and priming, and buttoning up =
a hundred other small tasks.
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> Today, I planned to crank her up a do the first taxi test.  It would =
not start.  I pulled the plugs and cleaned them. I verified spark and =
timing with a light.  The closest I could get to a start was a few =
backfires.  I'm getting air, fuel and spark, and all in the same =
propotions as I was getting 6mos ago.  The only thing I can think that =
might be amiss is that the fuel is 6mos old.
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> I've heard that gas can go sour, but I've never really believed it.  =
Has anyone else encountered a situation where the fuel is so old that =
the engine won't light it?
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> Kelly Troyer <keltro@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> A highly recommended publication according to Paul Lipps of "Ellipse
>> Propeller" fame..........Thought some
>> of the group may find it useful or at least educational............
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>> http://www.propellersexplained.com/
>>=20
>> --=20
>> Kelly Troyer
>> Dyke Delta_"Eventually"
>> 13B_RD1C_EC2_EM2
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