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I'd say that is an invalid conclusion on your part then. If the engine always ran rough then I would agree with you. Bryan did not say the engine always ran rough. A slight bit of unstable operation at low power can be very difficult to recreate in a shop. How many hours of shop time do you want to pay for just to hear "could not duplicate"? Furthermore you have no evidence that his maintenance folks do not check the fuel setup annually as recommended by Continental. In short there is not enough information to conclude neglect. You are guessing and doing it in a negative way.
I guess if you chose to ignore it and not have it diagnosed, the number of you expect to expend is zero, but there are procedures to calibrate the injection system and a simple log book search will tell you how low it has been since that occurred. It is a very common procedure.
Further more, an injected engine with tuned intake and exhaust is a very smooth running engine and hickups are not the way this engine should run. An engine that stops on short final is unairworthy, my life is worth more than shop hours, end of debate.
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