Hi All!

OK, since the collective talent in this group greatly exceeds
mine and those around me...

Today the engine in our 151 (O 320-150hp)Warrior stumbled
during power reduction, and we were able to repeat the symptom.....

Here are details

OAT -5 C, 2350 rpm, kinda rough air, pulled back throttle to
decend after passing traffic..

I think we hit a bump which caused the throttle to be
retarded quicker than normal, engine stumbles for 1 second and
resumed operation at the new (lower ) throttle setting.

We were able to repeat this several times, carb heat on/off,
fuel pump on/off, leaned rich of peak/ full rich, left tank/right
tank, rt mag/left mag/both. - as long as we waited a couple of minutes
to try again. No evidence of carb icing, dew point was +10C

Moving the throttle immediately back to cruise, then sudden
retard, no problem. The stumble could be repeated by waiting 2 -3
minutes .

Recent maintenance, oil & filter change 1.5 hrs ago.

The stumble was like the mixture was momentairly too lean,
similar to the lean test during runup...

At 3500 ft, lean setting was at 60% of mix lever travel to
full rich..

Any thoughts from you engine talents out there?

Cheers!

Dave