912 ULS with "hiccup" (mis fire)
Hello,
One of our club planes (flying club in the netherlands), a Icarus C42 with a Rotax 912 ULS (100 hp), has a (for us so far) hard to solve problem:
During long flights, the engine occasionally makes a "hiccup" (mis fire)
It skips a beat...
Usually during long tours with constant power, rarely during circuit flying with T&Gs, but after some months also during landing and roll-out, where the engine stops completely.
Now also during a run-up, failure, speed drops, engine stalls, but starts again easily.
After a hour of flying, the engine runs again as if there is no problem.
The engine is from 2021 and has about 350 hours
It has had maintenace acording to Rotax scedue.
Last year we have had a similar problem with an other C42 wit the same tye of engine (also Rotax 912 ULS)
After a lot of searching the problem / malfunction turned out to be completely solved by replacing the NGK DCPR8E spark plugs with the Rotax 297656 spark plugs
NGK spark plugs have 1 ground electrode
Rotas spark plugs have 2 ground electrodes
So the Rotax 297656 spark plug works very well in the other plane
The same problem developed with this plane, but this was not solved by the use of the Rotax spark plugs
Subsequently, the following things were investigated
Carburetors disassembled, float chambers of the carbs disassembled,
Floats weighted, 3x3.15 grams 1 x 3.16 grams
All nozzles disassembled and cleaned, everything ok.
Carbs reassembled and synchronized
air filter, fuel filter and tank ventilation checked, everything ok.
Ignition modules changed with the other plane, no difference observed
Inspected the wiring of the contactors, visually pulled back the shrink tubing, measured it and tightened it properly with the motor running.
Spark plugs removed, cleaned and replaced with NGK spark plugs.
The engine runs a little better on Rotas spark plugs, they are now back in.
Any sugestions about how to takle this problem?
Best regards
Coen Jansen