Ron Wanttaja wrote:
Scott wrote:
Yesterday, I flew to an airport for breakfast and as I turned off onto
the taxiway, the engine quit. It's never done that before.
Re-started fine. Did not quit when I returned to my home airport.
Maybe the turbulence was enough to fix it

I've had that happen, and have been with another small-Continental-
powered aircraft where that happened. Instant re-starts in both cases.

I tend to agree with Bob...carb ice. On approach, with the engine
idling for a bit, the carb heat muff may have cooled down to the point
where it couldn't prevent the ice any more.

If it re-occurs, there are some potential hardware problems that could
going on. Here's a Harry Fenton article on the subject:

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/tech/fenton.htm#a65-quits

Ron Wanttaja

OK...but if it was carb ice, would the engine restart immediately after
getting out to hand prop? My "heat muff" is a replica of an Aeronca 7
series heat muff...just an aluminum "cover" that clamps around the "Y"
of the exhaust pipe. Is there an easy way to get more heat such as
wrapping a spring or something around the pipes to get more thermal
mass? Ideas anyone???

Scott