X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-gx0-f180.google.com ([209.85.161.180] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4c2) with ESMTPS id 4920893 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:11:41 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.161.180; envelope-from=fluffysheap@gmail.com Received: by gxk10 with SMTP id 10so296865gxk.25 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:11:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=WNdTQ8n0nBoB4WGT1nWcv7qiH5MHzQ4kakKKM/qOXEI=; b=NeNtKJaHMhayVQthH1pQE+SPiTY9gkQnjM7KjvdM/QmRnbks5iTKs8JNDAxt9Q4li6 LuR3FD6I/WIj7uCrPZSPpgl2OTh3PaqNJlbCW6+6lVVe/JdNCBu+JKT0T4wQsdNoHTsP TMIK2KvLE9U+UROEXES3tSuMxSL4JaHEwEEN0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=Em8bulTUFUSgQ3+cvP0jjp7tdqAoYFv1Nxo0RhZj1qUdoDRKI2xvmOI42CGfeo/R6B t27eCHqfWDWgBl1WuERBLzUR+0zRDUAac1fl8p/b3GB+OOBZyUCboUv5wKcT6NzNcS50 dvo5ScLc6Ne/yQsLOB07yYx/Y2J91d865ugO4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.43.53.200 with SMTP id vr8mr6999170icb.43.1300997463864; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:11:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.114.8 with HTTP; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:11:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:11:03 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Compression woes ... From: William Wilson To: Rotary motors in aircraft Cc: Jeff Whaley Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bcaec51b1e0daff4b3049f401386 --bcaec51b1e0daff4b3049f401386 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I wouldn't worry about it unless you have other symptoms. Cold rotaries just don't seal well, especially at hand-cranking speeds. On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Jeff Whaley wrote: > I have noticed a couple weak spots in my compression sequence during > propeller pull through. > > The weak spots are better when the engine is hot Vs cold and my ear tells > me the weak spots are accompanied by a hiss in the intake =85 good ones h= ave a > pop in the exhaust. Does this mean that side seals or corner seals are > questionable? > > > > *Jeff Whaley* > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 5983 (20110324) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > This message, and the documents attached hereto, is intended only for the > addressee and may contain privileged or confidential information. Any > unauthorized disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > message in error, please notify us immediately so that we may correct our > internal records. Please then delete the original message. Thank you. > --bcaec51b1e0daff4b3049f401386 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I wouldn't worry about it unless you have other symptoms.=A0 Cold rotar= ies just don't seal well, especially at hand-cranking speeds.

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Jeff Whaley <jwhaley@datacast.c= om> wrote:

I have noticed a couple weak spots in my compression= sequence during propeller pull through.

The weak spots are better when the engine is hot Vs = cold and my ear tells me the weak spots are accompanied by a hiss in the in= take =85 good ones have a pop in the exhaust.=A0 Does this mean that side s= eals or corner seals are questionable?

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Jeff Whaley

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