Hal V. Engel wrote: > On Friday 10 August 2007 20:31, Jeremy Santizo wrote: >> Of course the plane flies with the richest mixture and gets overheated by >> that. > > Also running too rich will generally not cause over heating of the engine. > In > fact it is normally running too lean that causes over heating. > > Hal >
Running too rich will cause fouling of the spark plugs and consequent detonation and if prolongued, engine damage could result. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
