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I don't quite understand why there was an "engine failure"
associated with a turbo
ducting hose coming loose. I have had this happen to me twice, while racing at Reno.
When
it happened, I would not describe it as a big bang, but more like a poof; and at
the same time the manifold pressure dropped from 55" to 26". The first time it
happened I did not know what had happened and pulled out of the race and landed.
The second time it happened, I looked at the engine readings, saw that
everything except manifold pressure was in the green and finished the race (of
course I got passed like I was standing still).
My
engine kept running just fine (after I turned off the ADI) and there was no
flooding of the engine and the plugs did not foul.
Maybe
there is a difference between Continental engines and Lycoming
engines.
Lynn
Farnsworth
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