*grin* I, with 2 of those Enya's, didn't have a bad one, but I DID have setup problems.

If it's slobbering rich, it's probably one of two things: Yeah, it could be rich, and it's rich enough to be spewing fuel, that could easily be your dying problem. The engine would be loading up, have lots of raw fuel hanging around and quenching the plug. So - to tweak (and this goes for any engine. I forgot, during setup, to mention that you should have the carb barrel open all the way, but no further. It should close completely with closed throttle and trim and go to full open with open throttle and about 1/2 trim. Anyway - running at full throttle, keep closing the needle valve. The engine will speed up, then at some point, will 'sag' and lose RPM. Don't let it stay there! Open it about 1/4 turn or so, bringing it back to full RPM...maybe more, maybe less, depending on the results of the pinch-and-die test on the line. When you pinch, it should respond quickly - like right NOW - if it doesn't, there's something else wrong.

That's the correct needle setting - nothing Star Wars about it. The Enya's are simple and robust.

The other possibility, and I had it on an OLD K&B .40, is a sloppy front crank bushing. Mine was so bad that the plane would be coated in raw fuel and you'd be wet to the elbow after a day of flying. Holding the plane by putting your feet in front of the elevator resulted in sloppy-wet shoes. I actually gave the engine away cuz I was too lazy to repair it, and it was a STRONG, Perry-pumped-and-carbed engine.

The Enya doesn't have a removable backplate, so the only place raw fuel can escape if it's damaged is at the bushing that supports the crankshaft at the front. You can see if it's bad by, when running it, looking and seeing if it's puking fuel out of there.