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I’ve got a brand new 912iS that I just started for the first time after 2 years in storage (following the long-term storage procedures in the Rotax maintenance manual).  The engine started easily and ran a little rough at first, but quickly smoothed out and then seemed to run normally.  After shutdown I checked the lifters for purging, and found one that was soft and had excess gap.  So I followed the Rotax procedure to purge the lifters by running the engine again for 5 minutes at 3500 RPM.  After shutdown, I rechecked the lifter and it was now solid with minimal gap. 

All seemed well until I downloaded the data log from my Dynon Skyview and plotted it.  All engine parameters looked normal except for the #2 EGT (see graphs below).  For both engine runs, the #2 EGT lagged significantly behind the other 3 cylinders for the first 3 to 4 minutes, staying at only 200F for the first 30-40 seconds before climbing up into the normal range.  All of this was during the warm-up period, where the engine was being held at 2000 RPM.  Once the engine had warmed up, the #2 EGT seemed normal (though still a bit lower than the other 3 cylinders).

Any thoughts on what may be causing this?  A clogged fuel injector?  Spark plug issue?  Or is this not unusual given this is a new engine with less than 20 minutes total run time plus it was still warming up during this time?

Appreciate any help!

10745_1_EGT - First Run.png (You do not have access to download this file.)
10745_1_EGT - Second Run.png (You do not have access to download this file.)
  • Re: EGT lag in one cylinder after start

    by » 13 hours ago


    With no lane faults I would think a clogged injector sounds right.  These engines are run in at the factory, so your injectors have had old fuel in them for at least two years.  I believe others on this forum have experienced this also with stored engines. I don’t think Rotax has an approved cleaning procedure so you may have to replace them. You could swap those two injectors with another cylinder as a test before buying anything.


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