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On our Cessna 320, vapor lock was such a problem that I would pop the side panels to the cowling open when I would stop for a while. There were long side panels on both sides of the cowling that could be opened, so no matter what direction the wind was blowing with relation to the plane, you were going to have some cross ventilation regardless. That helped a lot, especially since that was turbocharged.minitour said:The fuel injector is on top of the engine. When the engine is run and is sitting there after shutdown, the heat goes up. The fuel in the injector "lines" vaporizes because of the heat. You need to send some "cool" fuel into the lines so you have liquid in there.
Your hot start listed above sounds like a flooded start.
For a normal hot start (engine was running recently), try doing the normal start only without the priming steps. That's the procedure for the 172R (IIRC) and it seemed to work well.
If it doesn't start, just let it cool for 30 minutes (I know the delay sucks but...) and it should start fine for ya.
How'd the DUATS thing go?
-mini
It seems like there's a knack to getting the different ones started, once you get it down you'll quit wearing out the starter and your ego. I'd probably have to re learn it all over again myself now that I haven't flown injected for quite a few years.