Colyn,

 

I was against them before I was for them. 

 

 I have an old style Cessna gascolator with the ability to remotely drain/back-flush it from a knob/cable placed near the oil dip stick access door.  Let's see, there are finger filters in the aux tanks (wings) and the header tank (main) that will feed the engine through the gascolator and then the even finer filter in the Bendix style injection system throttle body (although, one could consider the injector itself is the final filter).  When I slow built, sealed and closed my wings and header, I was very careful to keep everything clean - i.e. no flushing required..

 

16 years with no problems.

 

I do not like the type of gascolators that one must reach down under it to drain some fuel.

 

Grayhawk

 

PS the red circled areas are the remote knob, the gascolator and its drain tube.

 

 

thread creep here so I'll change the subject.

Does anyone care to argue for or against gascolators in general?

 

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