Fergus,
How much you fly has a lot to do with it. If the airplane is flown weekly,
then likely the carbs will stay clean, however, the "crud" happens with
mogas when they sit for a month or two without running. Our demonstrators,
built in 2000, never had dirty carbs because they are constantly flown.
Please don't use that as an excuse to use 100LL all the time though. 100LL
has a whole other set of evils that are worse if used more than 30% of the
time.
So - if it sits a lot, and is becoming hard to start, then the logical thing
to do would be to clean the carbs at that point.
Happy Building!!
John
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Fergus Kyle
Subject: Re: Europa-List: 914 Staring tips
From: "Garry Stout" <garrys@tampabay.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Europa-List: 914 Staring tips
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Paul McAllister" <paul.mcallister@qia.net>
| > I am sure that this has been covered before. I find mine difficult to
| start when cold. Warm starts are instant. Is there an optimal choke /
| throttle setting ?
|
| Paul, I'm sure each case may be different as regards cold starting
problems
| on the 914. I replaced my battery, changed out the spark plugs, tried
every
| combination of choke and throttle, and even sprayed some "starting fluid"
| into the intake tract.........all to no avail. The engine would turn over
| just fine, but would show no signs of ignition. Ultimately it turned out
to
| be "crud" in the carburetors. I had been burning mogas for 300 hours or
so.
| Upon rebuilding the carbs, the engine now starts instantly, regardless of
| temperature. | Garry Stout|
Cheers,
...ben reading the mail and collecting all this starting lark -
'specially the carb 'crud' and determined Iw ill clean carbs as a recurring
task. In regard to the amount of mogas used, what is the concensus as to a
decent interval for such toil?
Ferg
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