Originally Posted by
flyboy275
i fly Cherokee's and ever since ive started leaning on taxi, ive been having rougher run-ups when i check the magnetos......i end up smoothing it out with the mixture, but wasn't this the reason i leaned for taxi in the first place?
Just to clarify, do you do your mag check with the mixture leaned out? When I owned my 0320 I'd lean it out for taxi and always go full rich for the mag-check and Take-off under normal conditions. Then once in level cruise I'd lean it out.
100LL is very well known for fouling the plugs @idle power as you know.