Try disconnecting the turbo airbox rubber hoses from the back of the carbs.
This will in effect give you a normally aspirated engine. Try a full power
run up and see what happens. If the surge disappears, then indeed you have
a turbo problem. If the surge remains, you've eliminated the turbo as the
source of the problem and should look to the carbs for a fix.
Garry Stout
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From: "TheSchultzFamily" <Theschultzfamily@comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:42 PM
Subject: Europa-List: Turbo problems???
> <Theschultzfamily@comcast.net>
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> Time for some group input. I was bad and did not fly for about 6 weeks. I
> went out to the airport with good intentions to rectify that problem only
> to
> find that above 60% power the engine would surge. I traced the problem to
> a
> stuck waste gate. I have since freed it up with a little mouse milk on the
> arm and the TCU servo and response to throttle seem to be good. The
> problem
> I am now having is at about 60% power the engine starts to surge and
> trying
> to go to full power just kills the engine. I "assume" it was turbo related
> and pulled the air filter to check the turbo. The blades seem to turn
> fine.
> A restart of the engine and all was good for about 2 days and then on run
> up
> the problem returned. I can't seem to shake the feeling that I still have
> an
> airflow problem but not sure how best to trouble shoot this one. Any
> suggestions? I will be going back out tomorrow night to do a full power
> run
> up with the plane tied down. I have monitored and logged the engine data
> but
> it really just shows what you would expect with a surging engine. Change
> in
> RMP change in Airbox pressure.... The engine has 180 hours on it and runs
> great when it runs. Has anyone shot the inside of the turbo with a oil to
> break up any carbon build up? I am trying to get a camera scope to have a
> peek inside from the exhaust side.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rich Schultz
> N262AE
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