X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [76.96.62.24] (HELO qmta01.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.5) with ESMTP id 5516799 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 01 May 2012 02:56:44 -0400 Received-SPF: error receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.62.24; envelope-from=gregw@onestopdesign.biz Received: from omta18.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.90]) by qmta01.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 4Wvq1j0091wpRvQ51Ww8B3; Tue, 01 May 2012 06:56:08 +0000 Received: from gregiv ([24.6.73.102]) by omta18.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 4Ww71j00b2CQjog3eWw87t; Tue, 01 May 2012 06:56:08 +0000 Message-ID: From: "Greg Ward" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: It won't run no more Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:55:53 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 It's ether. Used forever to start diesals and nasty cars. Greg W. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael McMahon" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 9:54 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: It won't run no more > Ernest, Will it run with starting fluid? (I don't think that's the right > name, but I'm drawing a blank). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On > Behalf Of Ernest Christley > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 8:39 PM > To: Rotary motors in aircraft > Subject: [FlyRotary] It won't run no more > > I had my engine running fairly well last fall. Then I turned my attention > to propeller building, body work and priming, and buttoning up a hundred > other small tasks. > > Today, I planned to crank her up a do the first taxi test. It would not > start. I pulled the plugs and cleaned them. I verified spark and timing > with a light. The closest I could get to a start was a few backfires. > I'm getting air, fuel and spark, and all in the same propotions as I was > getting 6mos ago. The only thing I can think that might be amiss is that > the fuel is 6mos old. > > I've heard that gas can go sour, but I've never really believed it. Has > anyone else encountered a situation where the fuel is so old that the > engine won't light it? > > > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html >