Not jumping on the band wagon but I'm having a similar problem. I discovered
sometime
back this vibration that continued to get worse. After many attempts at
balancing the carbs and the sensenich carbon prop I finally changed back to the
warp drive 3 blade. I then had it balanced but It was perfect. I balanced the
carbs again and they we're almost perfect. Still at 2800 to 3000 static on
the ground theres this annoying vibration. Maybe more than annoying as I don't
want to fly with it. Sitting at an idle static I decided to do a 1800 to 2000
RPM mag check and noticed a smooth left / A mag but a rough running right B mag.
Spent days checking all the obvious stuff. Plugs, wires with a timing light
and still nothing. At this point I've had two Rotax certified mechanics and
we still have not solved the problem. Trying to isolate the source we switched
the 4 prong plugs going into the mag's and the vibration was still on the B
side.
Finally we switched the 6 prong plugs going into the coils and the vibration
switched to the A or left mag on check. Called Lockwood and they believe it's
not in the coils but what else could it be? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
I'm not only frustrated but like Remi I wish I had a thirsty Lycoming hanging
on the front. Rotax may be light and yes I know most swear by them but for
me.... I just want to swear at it.
Anyone working on trying the new UL power on the Europa.
Jeff R.
N128LJ Gold Rush
On May 27, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Terry Seaver (terrys) wrote:
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> Hi Remi,
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> I am afraid I missed the earlier parts of this thread, but I just wanted
> to let you know we had loose wires that would normally be connected (the
> insulation held the broken pieces in contact), and would only break in
> the presence of vibration, or when we pulled on the wire. We just ran
> the engine at idle and gently pulled on each wire that came into the
> ignition bundle until the engine idle stumbled.
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> If someone already suggested this, sorry for the duplication.
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> Regards,
> Terry
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Remi
> Guerner
> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 1:11 PM
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Europa-List: Re: urgent: 912S ignition failure
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> <air.guerner@orange.fr>
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> Mike,
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> I have been working on the problem almost full time for the last ten
> days. I have not found any broken wire in the ignition system. I have
> ordered a new ignition module and will test it as soon as I get it.
> I will let you know what I find.
> Of course I regret the good old Lycoming of my previous plane: it was
> using a lot more fuel but was a lot more reliable and required a lot
> less maintenance time and money.
> Cheers
> Remi
> F-PGKL still grounded, courtesy of Rotax
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=341222#341222
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