{"id":3283,"date":"2015-04-01T14:45:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T20:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/?p=3283"},"modified":"2015-04-05T14:57:30","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T20:57:30","slug":"14-99-engine-run-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/01\/14-99-engine-run-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"14.99 Engine Run III"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-4068\" data-series-id=\"38\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 31 of 38 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/series\/14-final-assembly-finishing\/\">14 - Final Assembly \/ FInishing<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>I&#8217;m pretty sure that the fuel metering is off since the fuel flow is a bit high and I can&#8217;t keep the engine running below 1,000RPM. But in order to adjust the fuel metering, I need to verify that the tach is reading accurately.\u00a0 So I borrowed an optical tach and did another engine run.<\/p>\n<p>So with Malcolm holding the optical tach, I ran the engine at a couple power settings and the panel was showing the exact same RPM as the optical tach.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-03-07-1555-IMG_20150307_155513645.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-03-07-1555-IMG_20150307_155513645-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2015-03-07 1555 IMG_20150307_155513645\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While I was doing that I also tested both alternators. The primary alternator was working fine but the secondary alternator was not producing power. While troubleshooting, I discovered that the co-pilot side EFIS didn&#8217;t even show the secondary alternator.<\/p>\n<p>EFIS-1 on the left and EFIS-2 on the right<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-04-01-IMG_20150401_132929727.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-04-01-IMG_20150401_132929727-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2015-04-01 IMG_20150401_132929727\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-04-01-IMG_20150401_132936036.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3286\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-04-01-IMG_20150401_132936036-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2015-04-01 IMG_20150401_132936036\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a bit of research, I discovered that there is a software update for the EFIS that fixes this issue. So that will get done of the next trip down.\u00a0 I doubt that is the reason for the inoperative secondary alternator but I&#8217;ll tackle that after the software update.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-4068 pps-series-meta-excerpt\" data-series-id=\"38\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 31 of 38 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/series\/14-final-assembly-finishing\/\">14 - Final Assembly \/ FInishing<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>I&#8217;m pretty sure that the fuel metering is off since the fuel flow is a bit high and I can&#8217;t keep the engine running below 1,000RPM. 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