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Re: Europa-List: 912ULS - Rough start & Rough on one magnet

Subject: Re: Europa-List: 912ULS - Rough start & Rough on one magnet
From: LAURENS yannick <yck.laurens@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 10:39:59
First : change the battery; I had the same pb, and new battery  
"odissey" solved the probl=E8m

Regards

yannick LAURENS
F PSCZ


Le 10 juil. 12 =E0 11:18, Sidsel & Svein Johnsen a =E9crit :

> No two symptoms are alike, and I do not find what I am experiencing  

> in the Europa List archives:
>
> -          Cold start with choke, throttle idle:  Instant ignition,  

> VERY rough running for one-two seconds, then smooth (see below, hwr).
> -          Warm start:  No choke, some throttle:  A little rough for  

> one ' two seconds, then smooth (see below, hwr).
> -          Magnet check @ 4 000 rpm:  rpm drops are well within  
> limits, also differential rpm drop (abt 50 rpm).  Hwr, on magnet A  
> it runs a little rough, but not much.  Smooth on B.
>
> This happens every time I start up, exactly the same =93behavior=94, 
so  
> it is a little difficult to imagine that a poor connection/broken  
> wire strands in the ignition circuit is the cause.  One would in  
> such case expect some variation e.g. in the time it takes to get  
> smooth running, wouldn=92t one?
>
> I have replaced all the spark plugs.  No improvement, neither re.  
> starting nor magnet check.  The old plugs were all looking good,  
> light greyish-brown colour and no soot deposits.
>
> I have checked that choke & throttle on both sides work in sync.
>
> The service agent for Scandinavia suggest that this may not have a  
> common cause.  He recommends the following:
>
> -          Install new battery, the 912ULS is a hard one to turn  
> (about time to do this, but I do not think this is the cause).
> -          Synchronize the carbs (the symptoms began only 4 hours  
> flying time after last synchronization).   May cause the symptoms at  

> mag.check, he says.
> -          Check the ignition wires at the electronic boxes on top  
> of engine and to/on the plugs, with the engine idling.
>
> Any other suggestions will be very much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Svein
> LN-SKJ
>
>



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