A hot start question

"chris" wrote in message
ups.com...
Hi peoples.. Hopefully this is an easy one for you experts out
there...

Hot start on a fuel injected Lycoming commonly seems to call for
leaving the mixture at ICO and cranking.

The POH for the Arrow II (Lycoming IO-360-CIC) states for "Starting Engine
When Hot"

1. Open the throttle approx 1/2 inch
2. Turn the master switch ON
3. Turn the electric fuel pump on. * -- hand-written footnote says
"Will probably flood"
4. Put the mixture control in IDLE CUT-OFF
5. Engage the starter... When the engine fires, advance the mixture
control and move the throttle to desired setting.

That doesn't make any sense; it floods. I have better luck starting it
flooded, though, so I end up using the next section,
"Starting Engine When Flooded"

1. Open the throttle full
2. Turn the master switch ON
3. Turn the electric fuel pump OFF
4. Put mixture control in IDLE CUT-OFF
5. Engage the starter... When the engine fires, advance the mixture
control and [then] retard the throttle.

That gets us right to Scott's "that 3000
RPM-panicky-grab-the-throttle-quick-before-we-go-flying-into-the-next-tiedown-row
BS", but I finally got the hang of making it work.

-c