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Thank you all for the tips.  I found out that TCM is selling their online me=
mbership for around (approx according to tech support) that also includes a c=
ouple of courses. I tried to join today but they were too busy. Then I can g=
et that cool manual you mentioned.


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On Feb 25, 2013, at 5:04, Charles Brown <browncc1@verizon.net> wrote:

> The short answer is:  before start, open the throttle full, close the mixt=
ure completely, and run the boost pump for 20 sec.  It purges fuel vapor fro=
m the lines above the engine.  (I haven't verified this; but Continental sez=
 so)
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> Continental publication "Tips on Engine Care"  (TEC-1) is a wonderful reso=
urce for learning about your engine and on page 35 begins a 3-page illustrat=
ed explanation of what to do, and why, about a hot engine.  It is copyrighte=
d and I see that TCM is now selling it for $25 a copy.  74 pages of great co=
lor illustrations and diagrams. =20
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> I think you can get a soft copy for free if you get a (free for Continenta=
l owners) account on TCMlink and there may be other places to find it, but I=
 notice it *is* copyrighted.
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> http://cmipowerstore.aero/index.php/tips-on-engine-care.html
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> On Feb 23, 2013, at 9:58 PM, George Wehrung wrote:
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> All,
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> I actually got home today to fly the grey lady. It was a great flight to Fre=
nch Valley until I stalled taxiing and could not get the hot start to work f=
or me. Quite embarrassing. So got back to home base and popped the top cowl o=
ff and noticed what I beleive to be a separate fuel priming circuit. I see t=
he normal lines that run thru the fuel pump, gascolator, fuel flow transmitt=
er and into the manifold on the right side of the intake manifold. Then the f=
uel path crosses over the top in a small stainless line to the spider manifo=
ld on the left side.=20
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> Oh yeah, IO-550-N. non turbo.=20
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> Then I noticed a pair of black rubber coated fuel lines on the left side o=
f the engine that go to the intake manifold and the spider. The one to the s=
pider looks like a drain line whereas the one to the manifold on the left si=
de appears to be a priming circuit.=20
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> So with what I beleive to be a priming circuit is there a different proced=
ure for hot starts to move the vaporized fuel out of the injector lines?
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