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Old 06-14-2003, 02:32 AM
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Default Running engine in reverse Harmfull?

Any of you guys an authority on running big glo engines backwards??

I'm breaking in my Moki 2.1 with 2-3 minute runs. I've got the test stand in my storrage shed and am standing from behind the engine when I start it. This way I can back out of the shed and close the shed doors on this noisy son-of-a-gun while it breaks in. (Do you know what was still noisier then when I first ran my engine out in my open patio? My wife complaining about it! )

Ooops........well it CAN get confusing when I have to kneel in back of an engine and start it from behind. I THINK I MIGHT HAVE BEEN KICKING IT OVER AND RUNNING IT IN REVERSE A FEW TIMES?????? :stupid: I know it did start up more than once when I manually flipped it past the compression cycle backwards. (Lighting is so darn dim in the shed, I couldn't see which direction the prop was actually spinning once it started -I'm hoping it might have automatically righted itself.)

Is running it backwards a bad thing to do to a new engine???