Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.66] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.1) with ESMTP id 2524209 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 15 Aug 2003 19:49:15 -0400 Received: from rad ([68.212.2.228]) by imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.27 201-253-122-126-127-20021220) with ESMTP id <20030815234914.GTAN4876.imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rad> for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2003 19:49:14 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Injector service? Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 18:49:15 -0500 Message-ID: <009101c36387$d63b2140$0201a8c0@rad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0092_01C3635D.ED651940" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0092_01C3635D.ED651940 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I had an injector that would stick open (didn't know for certain that = was the problem at the time) while I was flying and cause the EGT on that = rotor to decrease 300F. It was intermittent =20 =20 Ed Anderson=20 =20 Thanks Ed. That makes me feel better about tearing my engine apart = tomorrow to change these. Hopefully, I can get to them without taking too much = stuff out, but I have my doubts. In fact, I just threw all my good metric wrenches and sockets in the RX-7 because I'm afraid I'll need more than = the crappy tools at the hanger. =20 =20 I thought about cutting into the wires for the injectors, and swapping = them around enough to figure out which injector was actually the problem. I finally decided that it didn't matter, since I was going to install new = ones anyway. I can't recall if I mentioned it before, but the new injectors = were (only) $166 each at Mazdaformance, so it wasn't as painful as I = imagined. =20 =20 Stay tuned (so to speak). Rusty ------=_NextPart_000_0092_01C3635D.ED651940 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
I had an injector that would = stick open=20 (didn't know for certain that was the problem at the time) while I was = flying=20 and cause the EGT on that rotor to decrease 300F.  It was=20 intermittent  
 
  Ed Anderson 
 
Thanks Ed.  That makes me feel better = about tearing my=20 engine apart tomorrow to change these.  Hopefully, I can get to = them=20 without taking too much stuff out, but I have my doubts.  In fact, = I just=20 threw all my good metric wrenches and sockets in the RX-7 because = I'm=20 afraid I'll need more than the crappy tools at the=20 hanger.   
 
I thought about cutting into the wires for = the=20 injectors, and swapping them around enough to figure out which injector = was=20 actually the problem.  I finally decided that it didn't matter, = since I was=20 going to install new ones anyway.  I can't recall if I mentioned it = before,=20 but the new injectors were (only) $166 each at Mazdaformance, so it = wasn't as=20 painful as I imagined. 
 
Stay tuned (so to = speak).
Rusty
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