Hi Guys,
During the second flight in a week, my recently rebuilt(90 hours) Lyc 320 E2A , dual Pmag, Airflow Performance Bendix FI, 8.5 pistons, engine started running rough after about 10 minutes after level off at 3500'. Temps and pressures were all ballpark while I varied prop, throttle, mixture, fuel tanks (fresh mogas in one and fresh 100LL in other) and altitudes with no improvement. WH???
I'll cut to the chase so once I landed back at home, I called Bill Repucci of EI Commander. He walked me through a few pages of the EIC I have installed and with that information, he suggested that my rough runner was either a bad pmag shaft bearing or a bad mag gear. This all happened within 30 minutes
of getting back to the hanger. I pulled both pmags and saw that one of the pmag gears was loose.
How and why the castle nut became loose after 90 hours of flying will be explained in the next thread I submit but this one is to offer my opinion that anyone that flies with Pmags would be well off having an EIC in the cockpit and the accompanying outstanding service that Bill R provides.
During the second flight in a week, my recently rebuilt(90 hours) Lyc 320 E2A , dual Pmag, Airflow Performance Bendix FI, 8.5 pistons, engine started running rough after about 10 minutes after level off at 3500'. Temps and pressures were all ballpark while I varied prop, throttle, mixture, fuel tanks (fresh mogas in one and fresh 100LL in other) and altitudes with no improvement. WH???
I'll cut to the chase so once I landed back at home, I called Bill Repucci of EI Commander. He walked me through a few pages of the EIC I have installed and with that information, he suggested that my rough runner was either a bad pmag shaft bearing or a bad mag gear. This all happened within 30 minutes
of getting back to the hanger. I pulled both pmags and saw that one of the pmag gears was loose.
How and why the castle nut became loose after 90 hours of flying will be explained in the next thread I submit but this one is to offer my opinion that anyone that flies with Pmags would be well off having an EIC in the cockpit and the accompanying outstanding service that Bill R provides.
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