CorvAircraft> CHT ?

[Dave Morris "BigD"]

The run from the gascolator to the carb... is it straight uphill or 
does it have any reversals in it, any place to trap vapor?

Dave Morris


At 05:40 PM 3/7/2007, you wrote:
>Steve,
>
>I am running a NAS3A1 (p/n 391090-1). The CHT was around 360F when I last
>looked. (I started to concentrate on the landing a bit!!).
>
>My immediate thoughts were of a seize because that was what I was expecting.
>As mentioned before I think the engine stopped momentarily and was going
>when I shut it down. I can't be certain of this as things were beginning to
>happen fast. The only fuel pipe in front of the firewall (other than the
>gascolator to carb) is a single pipe from the gascolator on the port side to
>the fuel tank entry on the starboard side. I wouldn't expect this to get too
>hot but of course I could be wrong.
>
>The compression tests I carried out yesterday would suggest nothing is
>broken inside the engine so it may well have been a vapour lock.
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Peter
>Wonthaggi Australia
>http://www.cpc-world.com
>
>
>
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>Peter:
>What kind of carb are you running? William is right, if it did not seize
>up,
>the temps are not to blame. What were your cht reading?  Vapor  lock will
>really shut it down fast !!  Just trying to sort it out.
>Steve
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