I have an IO-360 in my Lancair that tends to be tempermental when trying to restart after shutting down and fueling.

 

Does anyone have a preferred hot start procedure that works with their tempermental engine?  I've tried the procedure in the handbook and several other variations.

 

Normally, I crack the throttle, mixture is ICO, turn boost pump on, mixture enrichen for a few seconds until fuel flow registers, boost pump off, mixture ICO then crank.  What usually happens with a hot start is I'll get a few firing prop rotations and that's it, it will just stop.  I've tried several different combinations of mixture and throttle settings when it starts firing, but nothing works consistently.

 

thanks

 

Steve Rosenzweig

LNC360

N171DK