"Robert M. Gary" wrote:
What made a HUGE difference for me was just leaning in taxi.

Ditto.

If you increase throttle and the RPM increases during taxi you
have the mixture set too rich.

Amen. (Two mechanics have told me I will "burn the valves" by doing
this!)

Before I realized this I had to have my IO-360's plugs cleans
twice in 6 months. Now I don't think about it until annual.

Yep.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM
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