The hot-running is the symptom of some problem, like bad baffling, excessive blow-by, lean operation, that sort of thing.
Have you done all the obvious stuff like checking baffling and the mixture control? Does your oil turn black after only a few hours (like 4 or so)? Do you burn a lot of oil? Our engine had a tendency to run hot, sometimes even right to the redline. Lots of well-meaning folks told me it was acceptable, and that some engine installations are "just that way". Well, when I put new cylinders in, it corrected the problem, I assume by eliminating the blowby. It now rarely goes above 180 degrees. Part of the problem was also a binding mixture cable, which made the endine run somewhat lean. Don't let anyone tell you that running near redline is normal. It isn't. At 12:01 PM 8/23/99 -0600, you wrote: >My engine always ran hot by my standards so I removed that cover on the >bottom of the bottom cowl, reinforced the opening with a narrow piece of >aluminum,and now it stays 180 to 200 a better tempature range, So is there >a problem with flying with that cover off. Butchoward 2134H > > ------------------------------------------------- Steve Dold [EMAIL PROTECTED] Say NO to useless over-quoting -------------------------------------------------
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