Well, in the tradition = of test it til it breaks, after focusing on some other tasks today, I cra= nked up the engine one last time to see if my "task" had screwe= d anyting up. Since is was a coooool 85 degress and my oil temps were showing about low after start up, I figured I would go WO= T and see how long it would take to get to 210....uh, pretty quick for th= ose curious (even though I can idle at 1400 - 1700 dang near all day).&nb= sp; I looked to the engine and could see the small drip marks of the oil leak, continued at full throttle for a few m= ore seconds and shut down. I got out of the plane and saw a huge pu= ddle of oil where the small amount had been. Upon closer examinatio= n, oil was all over the bottom of the engine and I had a nicely oiled prop (pusher Velocity). Almost immediatly I n= oticed one of my heavy duty Aeroquip oil lines had burst. Hmmmmm, t= he Oil Pressure reading never went over 75 and was around 35 when idle (a= s a matter of fact, at idle, it is usualy around 30). I belive these reading to be in the normal ranges.

Anyway, I have pla= ns tonight so I had to push the bird back into the hangar and think = about things. As suspected, the seeping remote mount was a mer= e symptom. Now to determine what was causing the apparantly high pressure near the remote mount and the burst hose. The lines are f= ed to the mount correctly, but I shall check again. Y'all's thougts= are appreciated and sought.

On a better note, after= fighting some electrical issues, esp with my coils, I kept getting incon= sistant reading on the multimeter when using the Mazda coil har= ness. I finely gave in and cut it to pieces and wired it direclty using just the connectors into the coil and elemin= ating the plut into the old harnes by directly soldering the wires.&= nbsp; This seems to have solved the problem. It is great to turn of= f secondary, primary/coils, injectors in various patterns and t= he engine still run as expected. Now, I am convinced that the ro= tary can run, if poorly, on ONE coil as it may do if so= meone forgot to reattach the leading coil spark plug wire on rotar one...= =2E..don't ask how I know <g>.

Well I am off to a fine d= ining experience...or so I hope. Great to comtemplate tomorrows act= ivity.

Thanks for your attention= =2E

All the best,

Chris Barber

Houston

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