Mauleguy
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I have a new Sky Tec XLT starter on my Lycoming O-360 with 10.5 to 1 compression, I am using the Odyssey PC-680 battery under the pilots seat in a experimental PA-18. Here is my question: I can start the airplane when it is cold but I sometimes have to bump the starter through a few times. When the airplane is hot i.e. after just fueling up I am having a problem even getting it to go threw the compression stroke and yesterday for the first time in 35 hours I had to hand prop it because it just would not create enough power to push through the compression stroke. I have checked the voltage at the starter and it was 12.2 volts the day I did that. I use to run a B&C starter with this same engine in another airplane with the PC-680 and never had a problem. Is anyone else using the XLT light weight starter having problems or is it just me.
Greg
Greg