Gremlins always come when everything is
working perfectly.
That’s a tough one. Hard to be
helpful when you’ve pretty much covered everything.
It would seem that either the mixture
isn’t right or the spark is coming at the wrong time. What do you
mean you “re-drained” the fuel? Is the spark in cranking mode
maybe very weak – like not enough to jump the gap under compression?
Maybe it is one of those gremlins that loses
its power if you ignore it for awhile. Then tomorrow it will start right
upJ.
Al
-----Original Message-----
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of David Leonard
Sent: Sunday, July
19, 2009 8:08 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] WTF? Just
when I think everything is going perfect...
Yesterday I went flying and tested out my new smoke
system... everything was perfect... somke is fun. Today I head out
to go formation flying.. nothing changed from my flight yesterday except
for adding fuel. But it won't start... I verify that I have
fuel pressure, fuel flow, injector function (in test mode), I have spark (in
test mode). Maybe it is flooded... I change the plugs, re-verify spark in
cranking mode (to eliminate issues with CAS), re-drain the fuel, verify
compression, re-verify fuel pressure and flow and injector funcion... but still
it just turns over without starting... Sigh
Anyone one know of a new component necessary other than fuel, spark, and
compression?
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David Leonard
Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
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