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An IO520 w Gami injectors in a Bonanza V35. Less than 200 hrs on engine.
I have always heard these are hard to hot-start, but we always have trouble restarting the engine even if it has only been running for a few minutes and the OAT is ~45degrees. When that happens, we are usually successful, eventually, by using the hot start procedure.
Occasionally, I have heard a single backfire during startup, but no other problem indications other than hard starting. I'm not sure how serious that is, but it is in the shop now for some other things and I asked them to check that out.
It usually starts up ok on the first try for the day, but sometimes it catches for a few seconds then quits. Then the chances of starting, without going through the hot start procedure decreases.
Question: Normally, we run the aux fuel pump till the needle stabilizes prior to first start. Should we do that for each attempt, if it doesn't start properly the first time?
I have always heard these are hard to hot-start, but we always have trouble restarting the engine even if it has only been running for a few minutes and the OAT is ~45degrees. When that happens, we are usually successful, eventually, by using the hot start procedure.
Occasionally, I have heard a single backfire during startup, but no other problem indications other than hard starting. I'm not sure how serious that is, but it is in the shop now for some other things and I asked them to check that out.
It usually starts up ok on the first try for the day, but sometimes it catches for a few seconds then quits. Then the chances of starting, without going through the hot start procedure decreases.
Question: Normally, we run the aux fuel pump till the needle stabilizes prior to first start. Should we do that for each attempt, if it doesn't start properly the first time?