Originally Posted by
rwanttaja
Not with a Stromberg. Mine won't kill the engine at idle, and, in fact, you can't even tell that the mixture is out until the RPM goes past a thousand or so. A lot of Strombergs just have the mixture control wired full rich.
But I do lean my carb when taxiing...pull it out all the way, in fact. I figure it's gotta be doing *something*, when I'm running 100LL.
I haven't had any plug fouling problems yet. Don't know if its the leaning, the Marvel Mystery Oil, or the sacred Paul Poberezy talisman on the altar in my hangar.
Ron Wanttaja