Loss Of Power Cherokee & Camanche

[1991 GT-X]

Have any of you guys have this happen. I installed the Cherokee 180 and the Comanche 250 a couple months ago. All has been working ok for the exception for a few small glitches that i worked out. Now in the last couple days i would take off from an airport and climb 1000 feet per minute to 8,000 feet and when i get between 5 and 6,000 feet the engine RPM's start to get less and less and i start to go slower and slower until there is not enough power in the engine to allow me to climb. The engine will get to 1,000 RPM after about 4 minutes and then i can't climb anymore. So i will make an emergency landing and once i land, the engine will not run. I open the hanger to see what's wrong and the hanger says all A-OK So i will rebuilt complete engine and try to start the engine and it wont start no matter what i do. So i'll end the session and restart it again and take off. All works fine until i get to that same altitude and it's doing it all over again. This happens on the Cherokee and the Comanche. So now i'm going to uninstall both planes and reinstall them and see what happens this time. Very frustrating i might add.

[aonyn]

Have you tried carb heat?

[L.A.]

Are you leaning the engine? Red knob.

[Lewis - A2A]

The guys have you covered pretty well I'd be thinking if you are not leaning the engine or more than likely you are encountering some icing and need that carb heat on.

thanks,
Lewis

[1991 GT-X]

You know guys, i read the manual for the planes and that is something i didn't think of. Well the carb heat that is. I do lean the engine to best EGT when i fly a distance and about 6,000 feet. I will try that next time if it happens again. I'm just surprised when i restart the simm, it doesn't fix it. Thanks guys.