In article , Newps wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote:
At cruise we
tend to run 23 squared, leaned back to 15 gph.

????? No wonder you got fouled plugs. You should be around 13 gph at
23 squared for a 230 hp engine.

I'd strongly agree with this. I used to fly an S-35 Bonanza with an
IO-520, and I'd get about 13 gph in cruise (at 160 ktas at 8000'). I'd
expect Jay's plane not to burn more than this.

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