Re: Europa-List: 914 Fuel Flow

[Jim Brown <acrojim7534@YAHOO.COM>]

Jim=0A=0AI thank the fuel flow sender is not calibrated correctly... I run 
5300 and 33 inches with fuel burn 5.5 GPH I have never seen a fuel burn 7.5
 GPH on my engine..=0A=0AFill tank to filler neck, go fly one hour and refi
l tank. Use 5000 and 31 inches... you should then know actual fuel burn..
- The EGT's you are showing are about right for that RPM and MP=0A=0AJim 
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---=0A=0AWe are finally starting to fly cross country and use cruise power 
settings. We have a 914 with intercooler and Airmaster constant speed prop 
in our Europa. When using 75% power per section 10.1.1.1 (5000 rpm 31 in Hg
) we see fuel flow of 7.5 gph. Our EGTs are about 1450. The spark plugs hav
e a nice tan color to them. The fuel consumption graph (fig. 11) suggests f
uel flow should be about 5.5 gph. =0A=0AIf we throttle back to 5000 rpm, 29
 in Hg, fuel flow drops to 6 gph. Not sure where this setting puts us on th
e consumption graph! =0A=0AWhat fuel flow do others see? What power setting
s do others use? =0A=0AIs our mixture too rich and is that adjusted by chan
ging the position of the needles in the carbs? Dean at Lockwood said don't 
change anything, mostly because the plug colors are correct. =0A=0AThanks 
=0A=0AJim & Heather=0AN241BW=0A=0A=0A=0A=0ARead this topic online here:=0A
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