Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #58160
From: Mark Steitle <msteitle@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Injector balancing
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 08:30:27 -0500
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Hi Ed,

The fuel lines are dash 8 for supply and dash 6 for the return.  The dash 8 first feeds the primary fuel rail, first #1 rotor, then #2, and third to #3.  It then loops back and picks up the three secondary injectors in reverse order (#3, #2, & #1).  From there the dash 6 line returns unused fuel to the pressure regulator and finally back to the tank.  I'm running two of the RWS pumps.  

Thanks,
Mark

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
Mark,
 
In addition, to what Steve suggested - What size are your fuel lines, what fuel pressure do you normally see and is the number 1 primary injector the first or the last position (from the pump input end) on your fuel rail?
 
Ed

Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 9:38 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Injector balancing

I'm in a bit of a dilemma and thought I would put this out here for the group to ponder.  

First, this is a p-ported 3-rotor, running RWS EC-2 and psru.  I'm running 460cc Mazda primary injectors and 60lb Deka IV secondary injectors.  Primary injectors share a common fuel rail and are positioned close to the engine, between throttle plate and rotor face.  Secondary injectors are located ahead of the throttle plates.  As this is a p-port engine, it has three 1-bbl TB's, located very close to the engine.  Engine will idle down to 800 - 900 rpm, but I normally idle it around 1500 - 1600 rpm.

The problem is this, the #1 rotor cuts out at low to mid-range RPM, evidenced by obvious reduced power, very low EGT's on rotor #1, change in exhaust tone, a dark residue in the #1 exhaust port and dark spark plugs on #1.  Just today I was able to get it to run normally with balanced EGT's by adjusting Mode 4, but I had to go full CCW with the program knob to achieve this.  (Mode 4 & 5 adjust similar to Mode 1)  Now it runs well mid-range and the dropped #1 rotor is happily firing away.  I still have some tuning to do, but after adjusting Mode 4, I can now move forward with that.   

To date I have tried the following:
  1.  Performed a compression check - OK
  2.  Swapped primary injector with #3 - no change
  3.  Swapped coils with #3 - no change
  4.  Replaced spark plugs - no change, except initially it ran better until the plug fouled
  5.  Checked plug wires with ohm meter - checked good
  6.  Sent EC-2 to Tracy for latest s/w and checkout - no abnormalities found, latest s/w installed
  7.  Checked secondary injectors for leakage - none seen

Can anyone suggest a reason why the #1 primary injector runs extremely rich when set to the factory default setting?  Is this something to be concerned with?

Thanks,
Mark
  

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