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Re: what happens when you tape the AFM flap open (archive)
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Posted by Ove Kvam on September 17, 2000 at 07:31:11:

In Reply to: what happens when you tape the AFM flap open posted by Jonathan on September 17, 2000 at 01:44:11:


can you just tape the AFM flap open?
or does the computer need the flap to adjust air\fuel mixtures
thanks
Jon

The engine will hardly run at all. The computer
needs to know the airflow to set the right
fuel flow. I have seen this tested on an M10B18
engine where the AFM was stuck open. It would
only just idle, and it was impossible to start
once it stopped.


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