Jim,
Thanks! Another item to add to the preflight and annual check list.
Blue skies & tailwinds,
Bob Borger
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On Jun 24, 2011, at 13:59, Jim Brown wrote:
> For you 914 drivers;
>
> My 914 started showing surges in the manifold pressure recently. On takeoff's,
the MP would vary from 33" MP to 39"MP. In cruse mode where I normall cruise
at 33" MP and 5300 RPM I was having to advance the throttle, or retard, in order
to keep the MP stable.
>
> The engine has 860 hours, TT since new...to make a long story short, I have
> added
3 pictures of the servo cable..Over a period of time, some of the wires in
the cable, were broken, or just worn out. The clevis on the end of the cable
connects directly to the turbo wastgate, and the worn out cable was just
bending,
instead of moving the wastegate...
>
> I ordered new cable from Rotax, and installed...Make sure when installing new
cable, that the wastgate is completely closed..If its not completely closed,
you will not get full bost on takeoff.
>
> Jim Brown
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