ccsmith51
Well Known Member
My RV-4 had an O-360-A1F6D. When the engine was hot it was easy to start. Mixture rich, crack the throttle, and in a couple of blades it was running.
My new (to me) RV-6 with an O-360-A1A acts the opposite. If I try to start it hot like my -4, it just seems to flood the engine. It won't even hardly catch. The way to start it is with throttle cracked, mixture in ICO, spin the prop, then slowly feed in mixture until she starts.
I searched the archives and found a thread where a number of people say that this is how they achieve hot starts, too.
Can anyone tell me why this happens on a carbed engine? And why my two O-360's would be so different?
Thanks,
My new (to me) RV-6 with an O-360-A1A acts the opposite. If I try to start it hot like my -4, it just seems to flood the engine. It won't even hardly catch. The way to start it is with throttle cracked, mixture in ICO, spin the prop, then slowly feed in mixture until she starts.
I searched the archives and found a thread where a number of people say that this is how they achieve hot starts, too.
Can anyone tell me why this happens on a carbed engine? And why my two O-360's would be so different?
Thanks,