Leaning

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Originally Posted by Fuji Abound

This has been done to death recently. Worth using the "search" facility.

Sorry, I didn't make myself very clear, I didn't mean to open the discussion on leaning again - my question was about one specific issue where I was looking for practical advice from people who know a lot more than I.

Situation:
I arrive at my cruise altitude, say 5,000, but still have 'things' to do before I get around to setting the mixture correctly.
Is there any point/harm/benefit in moving the mixture knob part way to where I know it will eventually go - will this be better/worse/waste of time than leaving it fully rich until I get around to leaning it by EGT?

Question:
Forget the theoretical leaning settings;
I the cruise is some leaning better than no leaning at all?