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Old 02-12-2012, 11:23 AM
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knobby1
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Default RE: K170f start issue.

Hi Barry,

Thanks for your reply. I've got a fair amount of unburnt fuel pouring out the exhaust during "pre-heat" and "switch-over" and she won't ramp up, obviously too much fuel during this period. The initial ignition lights off fine, however the temps don't rise quickly enough and increasing the pump at ignition doesn't seem to alter the temps significantly, lowering the rpm @ ignition helps slightly but the temps still fall well short. I might lower everything and come at them slowly until I get a satisfactory start. I'll take your advice and also lower the "min flow" to 30% and give that a try.

If possible could you give me the full set of factory parameters for the K170F kero start?, I suspect during my fiddling I may have got a little off track and need to get back to the correct specs.

Cheers and thanks for your help,
Smithy.