Got my plane back from paint on Friday at GLO. It looks great, I'm quite pleased with the job Mark did!
However, I noticed a bit of roughness in the engine flying home Friday. It was about an hour flight, and it wasn't that bad, but noticeable. I generally replace the spark plug about every 150 hours or at annual, and since my condition inspection is coming up in April I decided to go ahead and replace the plugs over the weekend.
I got a chance to fly her again last night, and now I'm getting about a 200 RPM drop and very rough running when I do the mag check (left mag).
I've got a call into Emag Air, but figured it wouldn't hurt to ask for suggestions on things to try while I'm waiting for them to get back with me. I did check the timing and both mags are still timed correctly, and I have 8 brand new spark plugs.
Might be unrelated, but going back and looking at #2 CHT's they usually run at about 340 in cruise, the last few flights they have been mid 320's.
And just to be clear, I don't think it is anything GLO did or didn't do with the plane, it is likely either something that has been slowly getting worse and I'm just now noticing, or since the plane hasn't flown in 6+ weeks that caused it (I almost never go more than a week without flying it).
Thanks for any suggestions.
-Dan
However, I noticed a bit of roughness in the engine flying home Friday. It was about an hour flight, and it wasn't that bad, but noticeable. I generally replace the spark plug about every 150 hours or at annual, and since my condition inspection is coming up in April I decided to go ahead and replace the plugs over the weekend.
I got a chance to fly her again last night, and now I'm getting about a 200 RPM drop and very rough running when I do the mag check (left mag).
I've got a call into Emag Air, but figured it wouldn't hurt to ask for suggestions on things to try while I'm waiting for them to get back with me. I did check the timing and both mags are still timed correctly, and I have 8 brand new spark plugs.
Might be unrelated, but going back and looking at #2 CHT's they usually run at about 340 in cruise, the last few flights they have been mid 320's.
And just to be clear, I don't think it is anything GLO did or didn't do with the plane, it is likely either something that has been slowly getting worse and I'm just now noticing, or since the plane hasn't flown in 6+ weeks that caused it (I almost never go more than a week without flying it).
Thanks for any suggestions.
-Dan