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d_emond(at)mweb.co.za
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 9:41 am Post subject: Gascolators

I was planning on fitting an Andair Gascolator. I am now having second 

thoughts, about this. I have fitted an IO540, and running the Vans 

recommended fuel pump setup. My plan was to include the Andair gascolator 

some where on the engine side of the firewall. I am concerned about the 

gascolator being after the fuel pump???  Vans does not include a gascolator 

in his plans on the 10, maybe theres a good reason. I would be interested to 

hear other points of view??



Dave Emond

#40159

Engine in, busy with baffles

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carl.froehlich(at)cox.net
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 10:42 am Post subject: Gascolators

I used the Andair Gascolator in my Airflow Performance fuel injected RV-8A.

It is firewall mounted after the electric fuel pump, and feeds into the

mechanical fuel pump.  The filter element on the Andair Gascolator meets the

filter specs for the Airflow Performance injection system.  This set up

works fine, but I will be removing it during a planed panel upgrade.



Considering the mounting options available in the RV series airplanes, there

is no practical value in the water sump function of the gascolator.  Water

settling out in your tanks just can't make the migration to the gascolator.

Any water pumped from your tanks is entrained with the fuel, thus the

mechanical gravity separating action that leads to water collecting in a low

spot (like the gascolator in a high wing airplane) is not present.  For RVs,

water is removed from the tanks by sumping only.



Recommend you skip the gascolator and stay with the fuel filter that comes

with the Airflow Performance electric fuel pump.



Carl Froehlich

RV-8A (250 hrs)

RV-10 (tail cone)



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