Return-Path: Received: from imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.68] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 3049466 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 28 Feb 2004 08:54:37 -0500 Received: from TOSHIBAjhr ([209.214.14.25]) by imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with SMTP id <20040228135436.NVUA1827.imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net@TOSHIBAjhr> for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2004 08:54:36 -0500 From: "John Slade" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: EC2 - No spark problem Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 08:54:35 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal > Congratulations on your first start, John. Thanks, Paul, but I'm not out of the woods yet. You could still this one. Last night, after about 6 attempts with spark plug cleaning (compressed air) in between I managed to get about 20 seconds of run time. Then my ignition switch fuse (5amp) blew. I replaced it with a 10amp. It sounds great when it runs. Most of the time it just pops (if that) and puts out smoke, barely keeping up with the starter until the battery gets weak. I've also tried jump starting with the car which helps get the same results for longer :( Each time I check the plugs I find that the trailing plugs are very oily. If I tap them on my hand I get quite a bit of liquid out. The leading plugs are also wet, but not oily. I've tried lowering the mixture, cold start off or on, selecting computer A or B none of which seem to make any difference. Any other suggestions anyone? Note that this is a turbo 3rd gen with high compression rotors. Regards, John