Negatory, good buddy. At least not with the Bendix RSA FI controller. Fuel
isn't returned to the tanks. Some of the Continental FI schemes do that,
however.

Best regards,

Steve Robertson
N4732J 1967 Beech Musketeer Super III

Dave S wrote:

On a hot start, I cool the pump body by running the battery operated
pump with the mixture closed in the Idle Cut Off position. This (on the
lycoming IO-360's Ive used it on) runs fresh "cool" fuel from the tanks,
through the pump body and back to the tank. I do this for a full minute,
then prime and start as a normal start.

Other options are to intentionally flood the engine (mildly so) and then
do a flooded start procedure (throttle wide open, mixture off and you
seem like you need 3 hands..)

Dave
wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 13:04:33 GMT, EDR wrote:


Throttle controls air (air box, throttle plate), mixture controls fuel
(needle valve, spider injector controller).
Because excess fuel has been injected into the engine; enough to start
and run fro a few seconds, until the mixture lever is advanced,
allowing fuel to flow, propelled by the engine driven pump.


Thanks for the explanation EDR. My question then is: If the engine is
shut down by pulling the mixture control to idle/cutoff, where does
the engine get the fuel it needs to start again when you attempt a hot
start 15 minutes later? You aren't supposed to use the auxiliary fuel
pump and the mixture is supposed to remain at idle/cutoff during the
start in this situation.

Throttle is supposed to be advanced 1/4", but since the mixture
control is closed and the engine had stopped for lack of fuel, where
is the gas coming from to start the engine?

Thanks, Corky Scott