Mark, I would strongly recommend changing the oil after getting it that hot.
Jeff On 4/22/07, Mark Jones <flyk...@wi.rr.com> wrote: > Hi Guys, > Thanks for all your inputs and suggestions. I just returned from the airport > and I feel I have most likely solved my problem. First off, let me say that > the high oil temp I experienced yesterday was probably self induced from > making the two high speed runs down the runway and then setting on the > tarmac for about 10 minutes cycling the rpm and playing with the mixture. I > did not notice the high oil temp until I was back at the hangar and was at > idle speed about to shut her down. Naturally when I applied throttle the > temps did come down when I got more air flowing through the oil cooler. If > you guys remember, back in December, I replaced the rear housing and > distributor. This was done when the temps outside were in the teens and it > was butt kicking cold. It was during those cold temps that I re-set up the > carburetor, set the timing, etc.. The engine ran great with the cold temps. > Yesterday was the first day that I had attempted to fly in warm weather. We > were actually in the 70's here yesterday and today. So today, I pulled the > plugs, cleaned them real good, checked the intake for cracks, checked > everything else and found no visible problems so I started her up and she > would not idle smoothly. She would surge at 900 rpm and act as if she were > about to die. While the engine was doing this, I adjusted the mixture screw > on the regulator and found that it was way too rich and took a good 1/2 turn > to lean her out to where she would idle smooth. I can now idle with the > mixture control pushed in to full rich. This is something I could not do > with the way I had it set up for the cold weather flying. I did do several > cycles of static rpm and find that I am once again getting 2750 static and > she cycled from idle to full static very smoothly. I did not get a chance to > as the winds here are gusting 25mph. Flight report coming soon!!! > > > Mark Jones (N886MJ) > Wales, WI > Visit my web site: www.flykr2s.com > E-mail: flyk...@wi.rr.com > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to > http://www.kr2forum.com/phpBB2/index.php > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
