Do yourself a favour and take off the cowl and try it
I know 1 guy who had to redo his cowl in white at the front because the gold checked tape was causing interference. There have been many ppl with this issue although with 3 different engines in a Patty I have never had the problem.]
However I can think of 2 ppl off the top of my head who had this problem with a Fuji and a Patty