X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 22:10:10 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-d03.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.35] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.5) with ESMTP id 1026496 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:14:12 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.157.35; envelope-from=Sky2high@aol.com Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-d03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r1.7.) id q.105.63ea649e (1320) for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:13:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <105.63ea649e.2ff47702@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:13:22 EDT Subject: Re: [LML] Re: 66 hours...and few questions X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1120083202" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5009 -------------------------------1120083202 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 6/29/2005 4:37:38 P.M. Central Standard Time, sportform@cox.net writes: <2) Hot starts (IO-550). Any thoughts or suggestions on these > things?> Often, the heat soaked engine mounted fuel pump will vaporize fuel and cavitation will ensue - thus denying fuel to overcome the vaporization in the spider and injector lines. Good luck with a Lyc, but Continental I/O engines are equipped with a return line at the throttle body, so.... a highly effective procedure is to keep the mixture at idle cutoff, throttle closed and run the boost pump for SEVERAL minutes to use the cool circulating fuel to rid the main lines and engine pump of heat. Then proceed as though you can get fuel to the engine. Scott Krueger AKA Grayhawk Lancair N92EX IO320 SB 89/96 Aurora, IL (KARR) -------------------------------1120083202 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In a message dated 6/29/2005 4:37:38 P.M. Central Standard Time,=20 sportform@cox.net writes:
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Often, the heat soaked engine mounted fuel pump will vaporize fuel and=20 cavitation will ensue - thus denying fuel to overcome the vaporization in th= e=20 spider and injector lines.
 
Good luck with a Lyc, but Continental I/O engines are equipped with a=20 return line at the throttle body, so.... a highly effective procedure is to=20= keep=20 the mixture at idle cutoff, throttle closed and run the boost pump for SEVER= AL=20 minutes to use the cool circulating fuel to rid the main lines and engine pu= mp=20 of heat. Then proceed as though you can get fuel to the engine.=20
 
Scott Krueger=20 AKA Grayhawk
Lancair N92EX IO320 SB 89/96
Aurora, IL=20 (KARR)



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