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Originally Posted by hharney
Check with Falcon Field in Mesa. They likely will have some experience.
Sounds like it's the waste gate sticking open. If the airplane has sat for a while it will need to mouse milk lube
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Thanks Herb!
The weird part is that it is both engines. Both MP readings are abnormal. I suppose both waste gates could be sticking. I’m sure the plane is experiencing environmental shock since it went from always hangared up in cool British Colombia to out in the hot sun of Henderson NV.
My first guess was something wrong with the gauge but when we tested the various altitudes and there was definitely a performance degradation.
Take offs are great even at the hot & high altitudes of Prescott and Phoenix but once we get up to 10k and beyond the performance hit becomes evident.
I agree with the instructor about not doing any single engine practice until we get the problem fixed but the one time we did, it was eye-opening. 😳