Priming - How?
Having spent the vast majority of my flying in turbine engined aircraft, I now find myself flying piston. I was wondering if someone could advise me on the whole issue of priming. I fly a 150 with an O-200 engine.
My key question relates to the position of the throttle during the priming sequence. Is it open (fully) or closed? No check list I have read indicates where the throttle should be during priming. It does say mixture rich but no mention of the throttle.
Also, why does the 152 manual offer very different advice on priming? The O-200 manual suggests up to 6 primes while the O-235 needs only 3.
Finally, if you over prime, where does the fuel go? Does it remain in the carb or in the cylinders? And reading the 150 manual, why, with a flooded engine do you crank it with the throttle fully open and the mixture at cut off?
God, turbines are so much easier!