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  1. it is a funny thing, but rotax came out about a month ago with an urgent update, replace the high pressure fuel line from the fuel pump, guess what we did months ago to solve the problem, replaced the fuel lines... i plan on checking the plugs as one member said at 25 hours to see if there is a difference thanks gang been flying around nice and smooth now
  2. well gang, thanks a million for all the ideas and thoughts, the bird is running much better, routed the vent tubes, replaced the gaskets and needle jets, cleaned the carb and finally replaced the bloody fuel lines forward of the filter, now is running even better than before. thanks again.
  3. i will do some studying about vents etc and hopefuly will be able to fly again soon
  4. will try the vent tubes on my next try, hopefully we will get a couple more days of flying before the snow sets in happy new year all and thanks
  5. the vent pipe as you say might be involved as a few times i can smell gasoline, and do not know where it is coming from. altitudes were 500, 1000 and 1500 all the same, got everything on hold now as the bloody runway is covered with snow, can not get off to try anything, happy new year to all and thanks tony
  6. thanks, we finally got the carbs synchronised after we cleaned them, we went thro all the steps, adjusting the cables, tieing them down etc and she was smooth, i took it for one circuit and she was just like before i put the motor in storage for 5 months. i was very happy, Next day i took it out to do some flying as i had only done one circuit the day before and it started to run rough again at cruise, 4000 to 5200 rpm, she starts well, accelerates well, climbs 1400 fpm, everything up to them is good. once i am at cruising altitude i level out and pull back the throttle and within a minute it starts to run rough, and will continue from 5200 down to 4000. the last time i had it up i pulled the choke out a little when she was running rough and that made it run a little smoother. it is not a regular rough like a propeller out of balance more like a car running on bad plugs or bad gas. i have now tied the overflow tubes to the air filters behind the carbs, installed new fuel filter and lowered the clips on the main jets one notch to the bottom notch, checked the carb bowls for dirt(none). re did the synchronisation on the carbs and hopefully will get it up in a day or so if the snow keeps away, very frustrating for sure,
  7. i checked the rubber connections well, i am thinking that the plastic tube overflow lines are maybe in the wrong place as they are hanging down the side of the carbs but i do not remember where they are supposed to be, i will have to look again and see where they should be located, now i am waiting for the snow to go away hopefully it will leave soon other wise it will be spring before i will get up again as we have no snow plow at the strip.
  8. guess i am back at the drawing board then,,,,,,, what with the choke facts, the vent pipe facts etc. will have to tie down the vent pipe and re think the jets. son of a gun
  9. well the clean carbs lasted about 10 minutes, then rough running again, some one suggested pulling the choke out while flying with rough running engine, sure made it smoother so it means the carbs or carb is running lean, going to change the needle clip lower and see how that works
  10. bought the carbmate and still could not synchronize the carbs or get it to run smooth so took the carbs off and cleaned them, installed them today and she is running smooooooooooth. i have put in new plugs so will check them in say 15 to 20 hours to see how they look but the one side with real clean plugs was the side that had the dirty carb.
  11. i am flying a jk 05 with a rotax 912ul, i had the unit repainted and the motor sat for 5 months and now it starts good, accelerates good, idles good but once at cruise it runs rough, not steady but irregular rough, checked the plugs, cylinder 1, 2 and 4 are fine, cylinder 3 plugs are pure white like new, no brown or anything, you would swear they are new. any one got any ideas or history of this kind of thing.what should i be checking or looking for. tony
  12. look forward to more ultralight pilots in canada for sure, never enough for my liking, good luck, where abouts are you thinking of landing
  13. any one got any good ideas on removing a stripped gear box magnetic plug on a rotax 912 and where to get a new one, not with a torx fitting, more a square drive or a nut top. went to check the plug on the motor i bought but it was stripped and i do not want to make more of a mess.
  14. thanks, these are just what i am looking for, this will help with my presentation to my club about safe flying tony
  15. we had one guy in the club who had his engine burp and sort of stall on him but not quite die, he opened the cowling, checked the wires, checked the fuel lines etc and figure, must just have a been a bad spot and took off again, of course he stall completely at 100' and crashed, was a fuel blockage that was fine at idle but got worse at full flow. this is the sort of thing i am looking for. tony
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