Re: KR> CHT probes

2019-09-04 Thread Kevin Stolhammer via KRnet
On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 9:17 AM Mark Langford via KRnet wrote: > Seems like a leakage problem with the under-the-sparkplug CHT > probe would most likely be caused by putting a ring larger diameter than > the sparkplug over the plug's counterbore, thus never really sealing at > all. So my next

Re: KR> CHT probes

2019-09-04 Thread Mark Langford via KRnet
Robert Dunleavy >> Be very careful using a ring terminal under the spark plug. In my experience in my volksplane it was very difficult to prevent them from leaking, which lets the cylinder suck in air and run lean, ie hot. << Ring terminals are a pretty common way of mounting CHT thermocoupl

Re: KR> CHT probes

2019-09-04 Thread Robert Dunleavy via KRnet
Be very careful using a ring terminal under the spark plug. In my experience in my volkspane it was very difficult to prevent them from leaking, which lets the cylinder suck in air and run lean, ie hot. In conversations with Steve Bennett, this was why he had moved the probe to a cylinder stud.

Re: KR> CHT probes

2019-09-03 Thread Mark Langford via KRnet
Kevin Stohlhammer wrote: > I am trying to find cht probes that will fit under the plug on my VW. So > far everything I have found has an offset connector that will not fit into > the spark plug well. Steve Bennett was a fan of mounting CHT probes under the head studs, but I wouldn't reco

KR> CHT probes

2019-09-03 Thread Kevin Stolhammer via KRnet
I am trying to find cht probes that will fit under the plug on my VW. So far everything I have found has an offset connector that will not fit into the spark plug well. ___ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/