Hard starting
in General Tech Discussion
7 years ago
Hi all, The temperatures been up in the 90s here in the Midwest and The sting was sitting for about two weeks in the hanger which could've been hotter? I went to start , did the normal Mags on Main on aux fuel pump on until I heard the line charge , aux pump off, choked -throttle back . 10 or 15 seconds went by nothing , removed choke and give it a little fuel , try ed again. about the same, let it set for a few minutes, and tried again with no choke a bit more fuel it finally fired and was very rough kind of seemed flooded .
Since then been reviewing my /the starting procedures And analyzing what could've happened ? This is my first hot summer with the plane so I believe it has something to do with temperature , once she started everything was normal from that point on for the flight . About a week later I had the same situation almost identical so I thought I would come back the very next day and try again . Did a bit of research at this point ? Plugs fouled, carb sync, fuel, battery issue? , The plugs were new, just had an annual recently, and battery is always on a tender and checked it for voltage and it was fine.
So anyway the following day I read somewhere to put the aux pump on for 10 to 20 seconds so it usually takes 5 to06 seconds for it to sound like it was charged, this is been normal but I came out of a cold season cold starts. I kept it on for 10+ seconds and it seem to start much better do you think this could be a fuel evaporation issue really starting procedures for when it's hot would be helpful thank you. PS I plan on pulling all the plugs and making sure they're not fouled!
I was waiting for my silicone heat sink compound from California power systems .
Since then been reviewing my /the starting procedures And analyzing what could've happened ? This is my first hot summer with the plane so I believe it has something to do with temperature , once she started everything was normal from that point on for the flight . About a week later I had the same situation almost identical so I thought I would come back the very next day and try again . Did a bit of research at this point ? Plugs fouled, carb sync, fuel, battery issue? , The plugs were new, just had an annual recently, and battery is always on a tender and checked it for voltage and it was fine.
So anyway the following day I read somewhere to put the aux pump on for 10 to 20 seconds so it usually takes 5 to06 seconds for it to sound like it was charged, this is been normal but I came out of a cold season cold starts. I kept it on for 10+ seconds and it seem to start much better do you think this could be a fuel evaporation issue really starting procedures for when it's hot would be helpful thank you. PS I plan on pulling all the plugs and making sure they're not fouled!
I was waiting for my silicone heat sink compound from California power systems .
