Aerovee timing with turbo

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Re: Aerovee timing with turbo

Postby Waiex 176 » Sun Jun 14, 2015 10:27 pm

Time for an update. I followed the suggestion of tech support and ran my engine for a minute or two on the secondary ignition alone and my no 1 cylinder EGT was much cooler than the others. New plug, new wire, still cold. Switched positions of wires on the coil and no 3 was the cold cylinder. So, I have a bad coil. The lower half of the coil is not working. Ordered a new coil, and will have to wait a few days to continue. I'm not sure why it failed, it was working fine the last time I flew. It was relocated, but didn't drop it or damage it in any way. It has less than 60 hours of service time.

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Re: Aerovee timing with turbo

Postby Ed Perkins » Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:34 pm

Sonex, told me the "old" green coils were known to not be good coils and suggested I replace both of mine which I did.
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Re: Aerovee timing with turbo

Postby wlarson861 » Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:22 am

I finally found the reason for my rough running engine on the electronic ignition. I had the top trigger wires too close to the turbo exhaust stack and they chaffed and shorted. Even though I thought they were clear they obviously were not. check your trigger wires before you buy any new parts. $.50 worth of shrink tube is what did it for me. Runs smooth as silk now on just the electronic ignition.
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