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Originally Posted by Aeng (Post 10705163)

Good day , I am having a problem . My ignitors are going off every time we switch on the battery , we hear them go off ..
Also as we are flying we are hearing the auto ignition going off..
Does anyone have any idea where to look to resolve this problem .. we have no warning lights

its some time now since I flew a 600 but does not the cracker box come on straight away when starting. ,I can remember that there were some problems with the the cracker boxes and when starting I was always happy to hear them cracking away if I didn’t hear them it meant I would not be getting a start and a new cracker box would be needed I had 4 from memory
or you could try tapping the cracker box it may start

I have a 600 and it smells like kerosene in flight! have you had this problem?

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Originally Posted by pretel (Post 11209030)

I have a 600 and it smells like kerosene in flight! have you had this problem?

I am assuming it's fuel system is like a 500. There are tank vent lines in the area under the front centre seat that have been known to perish and split.
I would start there. Getting to the fuel tank covers is easy enough that is somewhere else to look.