Hi Tony,
If Kingsley's airplane only has a couple of hours on it then I'd be looking
at the fuel filters. I pulled an unbelievable amount of crap out of the
filters for the first 50 hours and I was very careful (or so I thought) to
make sure that fuel system was clean before my first flight.
Paul
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 5:39 AM, Tony Renshaw <tonyrenshaw268@gmail.com>wro
te:
>
>
> I've got a mate, who we all know, Kingsley, trying to fly a 914 a long
> distance downunder that is giving him angst. Its running rough, real roug
h.
> It seems that at boost power it just simply cuts out! Also, in cruise whe
n
> going to climb power it has begun to run really rough. He is a long way f
rom
> home trying to limp it home, so any suggestions would be greatly
> appreciated. To elaborate, he has flown it 2 hours on AVGAS with no obvio
us
> problem until going to climb power when it ran so rough they had to pull
the
> power back and land ASAP, luckily with an aerodrome closeby. Now, it runs
> rough on the ground too=85.not sure of what power settings but I recall t
hey
> can't get boost happening. The local Rotax agent says that AVGAS with lea
d
> can wreck a set of plugs in no time, so, they have a new set of plugs abo
ut
> to be installed. Fuel will be drained and high octane super unleaded moga
s
> will be used instead. The system will be drained. So, I'm wondering if AS
AP
> those in the know can!
> beam downunder the "good goss" that can help Kingsley get this bird home
.
> Reg
> Tony Renshaw
> Sydney Aussie.
>
|