Possible injection system problem

[NickAir]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead

Just returned home after a 6 hour 2 day cross country. No issues noted. Still planning on a weekend trip to see my father in law but maybe the problem is behind us.

Thank you for the updates. We all learn from others issues.

Glad to see your success.

[paul330]

Wow, that is some tale! If nothing else, you seem to have rectified a lot of small snags which may have caused you other problems in the future. I really hope you have found the root cause.

I'm not flying yet, but think I will bookmark this thread for ideas if I ever get engine problems!

[smokyray]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead

If the drain was the problem the MMO bandaid will only cause minute harm to my pocketbook which is a small price to pay for peace of mind.

John,
I grew up with an IA Dad who operated our 57' C-182 on MoGas for 33 years. He used Marvel Mystery oil in both the fuel and the oil, 5 hours prior to change. Why? MMO is a high detergent fluid. It breaks down carbon deposits and disperses them into the oil, removed during change. He also used it fervently in fuel in small Continentals, notorious for sticking valves. Additionally, we always ran REM 37BY plugs in every engine we operated.

I have been flying RV's for 20+ years and operated my RV4 and current RVX on MoGas/MMO with REM 37BY plugs (Mag) and Autolite 386 plugs on my Electronic Ignition. I have had clean plugs and engines for over 2500 hours.

That's good enough for me...

V/R
Smokey

[Bubblehead]

Originally Posted by smokyray

I have been flying RV's for 20+ years and operated my RV4 and current RVX on MoGas/MMO with REM 37BY plugs (Mag) and Autolite 386 plugs on my Electronic Ignition. I have had clean plugs and engines for over 2500 hours.

That's good enough for me...

V/R
Smokey

If Smokey says it here and I think Pierre is a big proponent of MMO (hope I did not just put words in his mouth) then I'm on board.

I flew just over 3 hours this weekend and that brings time since starting the MMO to just over 17 flying hours without a hitch. The proof is in the pudding as they say and right now the pudding is better than it has been in a long time.

I really appreciate everyone's ideas, comments, wisdom and stories of problems encountered and overcome, but most of all the encouragement. It was pretty embarrassing to admit that I could not definitively identify the cause of the problem and started throwing $s at the problem but I don't think anyone chided me for it.

Looking back, the encouragement was at least as important as the help analyzing the problem.