if the carb is iced up you will still get fuel to the engine by priming, the engine would start with the primed fuel and then stop again. When it is really cold the fuel does not vaporise as much, you may need more priming. Sometimes one or more of the priming nozzles blocks up and you do not notice this until the really cold days, a lot of lycomings are not fitted with the nozzles to all the cylinders and this can make it worse if one blocks, it is a simple job to take them off and clean them, you might want to try it. Mind you nice heated hangar always helps!!!! I don't agree with this turning the engine over to warm the oil business, don't think it will get any heat in the oil and as you have got sticky oil and no oil pressure you might be doing damage to the engine, a guy the shell aero oils told me that you should never do it!!! But then others swear by it!!!!
[ 29 December 2001: Message edited by: grounded1 ]</p>