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Old 22nd May 2010, 11:29
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I don't see plug fowling being much of an issue with PFLs and think that the "walming to clear the plugs" is a hangover from WW2.

Only two things can fowl the plugs

1 The fuel, this can have an fowling effect from not burning hot enough but the odd PFL would not be enough to result in this........50 hours of flight trainning might.

2 Engine oil going past the rings!. if this is happening the cylinders need to come off. Both my C152's burn about 1 USQT between 50 hour oil changes so I think that in a well maintaned engine oil fowling is not an issue.

As I said i think plug fowling may well have been an issue with a Tiger Moth that was being thrashed in a WW2 training enviroment but not with a modern anerican engine.

I would take a guess that BFISK has has a bit of induction ice!
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