Forced,

Wrong again. Its lean mixtures that cause high exhaust gas temperatures (EGT).

Gasoline piston engine airplanes have carburators that have manually adjustable fuel mixtures. The mixture is leaned out for maximum power an economy. BUT the pilot watches the EGT gage so as not to not make the mixture too lean that will make the EGT too high and damage the engine.

Small 2-cycle engines (chain saws, weed whackers etc) can be tuned for maximum engine speed by leaning the mixture but if its too lean, the engine will run too hot and may sieze (don't ask me how I know this). The proper way to adjust the fuel mixture on these engines is to use a tachometer and only adjust the fuel mixture for the maximum engine speed specified by the manufacturer.


I know it seems logical that the more fuel, the higher the EGT. But that's not the way it works on the real world.

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