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 Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 6:49 am Post subject: Fuel Pump IV-1200 w/ 582 |
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Hey Jim,
Do you have a gascolator?
I have a gascolator and a Rotax fuel filter just before the pump and
haven't had a problem.
What was clogging the filter?
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Time: 09:35:10 AM PST US
From: Jim_and_Lucy Chuk <thesupe(at)hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: Re: Fuel Pump IV-1200 w/ 582
On the subject of fuel filters=2C after haveing to make an off field
landin
g in my Avid when a filter plugged up on me=2C (no damage except almost
to
my shorts LOL) I added a second filter in parallel to the other one. I
hav
e a fuel shut off valve that stops the flow through the second filter.
I u
se both filters for take off and climb=2C then close the second filter
off.
I don't have a fuel flow gauge=2C but if the engine ever starts to
miss
=2C the first thing I will do is open the valve for the second fuel
filter.
Almost all the flow goes through the first filter=2C so the back up
filte
r should be clear. Take care=2C JIm Chuk Avids=2C Kitfox 4 Mn
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| Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:33 am Post subject: Fuel Pump IV-1200 w/ 582 |
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Hi Mark, yes I have a gascolator of sorts. The Avids have a small maybe 1 1/2 quart tank behind the seat that the wing tanks gravity feed into. It acts as a gascolator as the fuel line going out is about 3" up from the bottom and there is a drain on the bottom of the tank that sticks out the bottom of the plane to get water and junk out of the tank that settles to the bottom. I had bought this Avid after it had sat for about 7 or 8 years and was worried about junk in the tanks. I cleaned them out as good as I could, and then had filters between the wing tanks and the header tank. It doesn't take much to plug a filter in a gravity feed system. I got about 15 hrs out of it before I had the unplanned landing. It's been about 3 years ago, but I think I did change out the filters once before the plugging happened. After that, I mentioned it on the Avid list, and was told by the factory that there should never be filters before the header tank. I've since gone about 250 hrs with the plane without that problem. I was still worried about junk in the tanks, and that is why I came up with the second backup filter. Never had to use it, but it's there if I need to. Take care, Jim Chuk Avids. Kitfox 4 (still building) Mn
[quote] Subject: Re: Fuel Pump IV-1200 w/ 582
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:29:56 -0500
From: napierm(at)cisco.com
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Mark Napier (napierm)" <napierm(at)cisco.com>
Hey Jim,
Do you have a gascolator?
I have a gascolator and a Rotax fuel filter just before the pump and
haven't had a problem.
What was clogging the filter?
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Time: 09:35:10 AM PST US
From: Jim_and_Lucy Chuk <thesupe(at)hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: Kitfox-List: Re: Fuel Pump IV-1200 w/ 582
On the subject of fuel filters=2C after haveing to make an off field
landin
g in my Avid when a filter plugged up on me=2C (no damage except almost
to
my shorts LOL) I added a second filter in parallel to the other one. I
hav
e a fuel shut off valve that stops the flow through the second filter.
I u
se both filters for take off and climb=2C then close the second filter
off.
I don't have a fuel flow gauge=2C but if the engine ever starts to
miss
=2C the first thing I will do is open the valve for the second fuel
filter.
Almost all the flow goes through the first filter=2C so the back up
filte
r should be clear. Take care=2C JIm Chuk Avids=2C Kitfox 4 =====================
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