X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-wi0-f172.google.com ([209.85.212.172] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.5) with ESMTPS id 5518431 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 01 May 2012 21:35:33 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.212.172; envelope-from=msteitle@gmail.com Received: by wibhj6 with SMTP id hj6so3118714wib.7 for ; Tue, 01 May 2012 18:34:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=nTJECJ8YefmsaSxtaQBd8fdaHBEuXE/CppiyoGTZKIY=; b=HnaMUdynUio+jLkOvIbIKMTXJCK+AZ2yvBLCmtQb0piOu+yM6fjJXhOU3LQZUTtgx2 jJF+8PZdgBQINt+46/El4Sbv7w1RoS/U9P7XKHAstoBHIyRzpu+aeOTWsbyMYNxiAOVV hahiTslJOMs1aGTXNmKkZXoLFzF8eUQeh1jkuxi75BnmxBP0wm1bdv8gp+Cex3z0Ae2B BgVCnalX0/KXCnKGEJERZySzJ7Y2hl7/tuC2z6ivNt+t3DwX9var3hJgPaAhXPrb+8vk aQR6a2gLhoQWE2eAIbWTbcat64GfvwPWuPLe5K2rJ5eVJJt5CbMDkbjb0mbu5sDtsqel 0+1A== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.97.41 with SMTP id dx9mr2749258wib.9.1335922496519; Tue, 01 May 2012 18:34:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.153.101 with HTTP; Tue, 1 May 2012 18:34:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 20:34:56 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: It won't run no more From: Mark Steitle To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d04430674da3fc104bf03b196 --f46d04430674da3fc104bf03b196 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Ernest, Have you done a compression test? Mark On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Ernest Christley wrote: > Yes. Fuel is definitely flowing. And I'm getting 270rpm while cranking. > > Steve Izett wrote: > > >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. > >> > >> 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. > >> > >> 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? > >> > >> Kelly Troyer wrote: > >> > >>> 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............ > >>> > >>> http://www.propellersexplained.com/ > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Kelly Troyer > >>> Dyke Delta_"Eventually" > >>> 13B_RD1C_EC2_EM2 > >> > >> -- > >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > >> Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html > > > > > >-- > >Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > >Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html > --f46d04430674da3fc104bf03b196 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ernest,

Have you done a compression test?

=
Mark

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:= 13 AM, Ernest Christley <echristley@att.net> wrote:
Yes. Fuel is definitely flowing. =A0And I= 9;m getting 270rpm while cranking.

Steve Izett <steveize@gmail.com> wrote:

>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. =A0Then I turned my= attention to propeller building, body work and priming, and buttoning up a= hundred other small tasks.
>>
>> Today, I planned to crank her up a do the first taxi test. =A0It w= ould not start. =A0I pulled the plugs and cleaned them. I verified spark an= d timing with a light. =A0The closest I could get to a start was a few back= fires. =A0I'm getting air, fuel and spark, and all in the same propotio= ns as I was getting 6mos ago. =A0The only thing I can think that might be a= miss is that the fuel is 6mos old.
>>
>> I've heard that gas can go sour, but I've never really bel= ieved it. =A0Has anyone else encountered a situation where the fuel is so o= ld that the engine won't light it?
>>
>> Kelly Troyer <keltro@gmail.= com> wrote:
>>
>>> A highly recommended publication according to Paul Lipps of &q= uot;Ellipse
>>> Propeller" fame..........Thought some
>>> of the group may find it useful or at least educational.......= .....
>>>
>>> http://www.propellersexplained.com/
>>>
>>> --
>>> Kelly Troyer
>>> Dyke Delta_"Eventually"
>>> 13B_RD1C_EC2_EM2
>>
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