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I flew the Cozy this after noon, and was very disappointed in
the temperatures. The OAT was 81, and the coolant read 225 on the
temperature gauge, and the oil climbed slowly to 207 peak. The coolant did
come down about 10 degrees when I throttled back at pattern altitude, but
leveled off there.
Sorry it didn't work out
this time Steve, but it will, just hang in there. Refresh my
memory- which gear ratio do you have, and what rpm's are you seeing in
climb? What MAP are you running?
1) I seem to be running rich. I turned the fuel pressure down some (30
PSI on my gauge (don't know if it's accurate)). That helped, but running both
fuel pumps makes the engine run very rich at full power. Turning off one
pump increases power and smoothness. At an idle, 1000-2000 RMS, if I shut
off the main fuel pump, the engine smoothes out, and gain a little rpm, before
running out of fuel.
This may be a dumb question, but why
not tune this via the EC-2?
2) For whatever reason the
"coil test" has stopped working. I used to be able to go to the "B"
controller, and do the coil test to check the leading or trailing coils.
That doesn't work, and if I turn it to off (I'm using the ignition switch), it
keeps on running. Used to kill the engine before. I'm not sure what this
is, and haven't really done any testing yet.
First guess would be a fatigued
connection somewhere.
Steve Brooks (praying for cold
weather)
I've heard that praying can keep you
out of REALLY hot weather :-)
Rusty (can only pick on one Cozy
driver at a time)
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