Return-Path: Received: from mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.115] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c1) with ESMTP id 742473 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 01:37:29 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.131.115; envelope-from=keltro@att.net Received: from 204.127.135.42 ([204.127.135.42]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc11) with SMTP id <20050217063634111009p8eie>; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 06:36:39 +0000 Received: from [12.74.168.132] by 204.127.135.42; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 06:36:32 +0000 From: keltro@att.net (Kelly Troyer) To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: Vapor Lock Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 06:36:32 +0000 Message-Id: <021720050636.20927.42143B6F0009CD6D000051BF2160281302019D9B040A05@att.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Oct 18 2004) X-Authenticated-Sender: a2VsdHJvQGF0dC5uZXQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_20927_1108622192_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_20927_1108622192_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Paul, I have forgotton your exact fuel system layout.......Do your efi pumps push fuel from sump tank to fuel valve then to engine or are they installed after the fuel valve and suck fuel from all the way back to the sump tank ? I tend to agree with Tracy and others that the Facet boost pump is a restriction.....Have you tried removing it and heating the engine as in previous tests to see if you get a vapor lock ? -- Kelly Troyer Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2 -------------- Original message from "Tracy Crook" : -------------- The Facet pump in this position is a two edged sword. It can help eliminate a vapor lock when on but it is a restriction that can create a vapor lock when off. A properly laid out fuel system should not require another pump to prime the main EFI pump. It is a bandaid IMO. Again, any restriction other than a strainer to stop the 'big chunks' before the EFI pumps is not a good thing. Tracy --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_20927_1108622192_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Paul,
  I have forgotton your exact fuel system layout.......Do your efi pumps push
fuel from sump tank to fuel valve then to engine or are they installed after the
fuel valve and suck fuel from all the way back to the sump tank  ?  I tend to
agree with Tracy and others that the Facet boost pump is a restriction.....Have
you tried removing it and heating the engine as in previous tests to see if
you  get a vapor lock ?
--
Kelly Troyer
Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2

-------------- Original message from "Tracy Crook" <lors01@msn.com>: --------------

The Facet pump in this position is a two edged sword.  It can help eliminate a vapor lock when on but it is a restriction that can create a vapor lock when off.   A properly laid out fuel system should not require another pump to prime the main EFI pump.  It is a bandaid IMO.  Again, any restriction other than a strainer to stop the 'big chunks' before the EFI pumps is not a good thing.
 
Tracy
 
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