>Running lean will certainly cause the engine to run hotter, but usually will >also cause it to run rough. Was that a problem?
No, in fact it ran real smooth. One thing I did notice though, was that leaning in cruise didn't help until I reached about 8000 feet. In retrospect, that should have been a red flag, but I was in the "that must be the way this engine runs" mindset. There isn't a lot of white ash deposit in the cylinders, in fact there is quite a bit of black carbon and oil, so I don't think it was running all that lean. The exhaust pipe color is a dark gray, almost black, and pretty sooty. Not that I'm able to interpret all this, but in case it's important. At one point I did wonder if it might be running lean, but the way the binding in the cable was happening, it felt like a normal cable, with the idle-cutoff occuring in about the right position. I fall prey to the "out of sight, out of mind" mindset with engines sometimes. Not my wife though. She notices everything. Once, in the J3, she thought she felt a slight vibration or heard a funny noise or something or other. I didn't notice it until after she mentioned it. We landed, and the prop was--no kidding--loose! The bolts could be turned by hand! It was brand new wooden prop that had been improperly torqued, and had the wrong load bushings installed. Not by me, but I could see how it could happen to an A&P unfamiliar with wood props. ------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Say NO to useless over-quoting -------------------------------
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