X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao101.cox.net ([68.230.241.45] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.6) with ESMTP id 4248090 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 04 May 2010 22:55:44 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.45; envelope-from=rv-4mike@cox.net Received: from fed1rmimpo02.cox.net ([70.169.32.72]) by fed1rmmtao101.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.00.01.00 201-2244-105-20090324) with ESMTP id <20100505025508.NZRV2579.fed1rmmtao101.cox.net@fed1rmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Tue, 4 May 2010 22:55:08 -0400 Received: from willsPC ([174.66.174.143]) by fed1rmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id Deux1e00H3600d204ev8eR; Tue, 04 May 2010 22:55:08 -0400 X-VR-Score: -100.00 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=RDGknaWEColYBAosNzHWAUqP/VR6Ab6kioi0WieaKDU= c=1 sm=1 a=+Wf/KPGOauV74ukzx3TzVw==:17 a=WrMfpB0aAAAA:8 a=7g1VtSJxAAAA:8 a=Ia-xEzejAAAA:8 a=5peN9b3et_9jjzOPDNEA:9 a=YvAQ8l6GnkVTTmSAJFAA:7 a=HmDLjduve8MAMwUga7jzm3a1Su0A:4 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=Qa1je4BO31QA:10 a=1Erk4P5SMDsA:10 a=UretUmmEAAAA:8 a=ZRZJ7wS_zAXmAALl0AoA:9 a=xRZUyKlPN33i7oVvNK8A:7 a=Afppo01MBlEmynuivjatTm88_AoA:4 a=iVkDmfvjeKcA:10 a=EzXvWhQp4_cA:10 a=+Wf/KPGOauV74ukzx3TzVw==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Message-ID: <0D0FB4094778473797CC0DBEE79527A0@willsPC> From: "Mike Wills" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: fuel filters Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 19:54:58 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0088_01CAEBC3.ACCBFC00" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8089.726 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8089.726 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0088_01CAEBC3.ACCBFC00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tracy, A little more detail on symptoms that led you to change filters please? = Was this for the 20B? Although I'm not convinced that it was necessary, for lack of a better = answer I replaced my filters after my fuel starvation episode a while = back. I still have no smoking gun that I can point to as the cause of = this isolated incident. Keep waiting for the sudden unexplainable = re-occurrence. Hope when/if it happens I'm near something landable. Mike Wills From: Tracy Crook=20 Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:58 AM To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: fuel filters "Big fuel filters are essential, especially for those with composite = tanks." I second that. Just had to change out my nice looking Jegs Billet = aluminum filter (with a tiny screen disk filter inside) for Peterson 600 = series fuel filter. This is the filter between tank and fuel pump, not = the high pressure one after the pumps. Tracy On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:34 PM, John Slade = wrote: For what it's worth, I've seen the symptoms of a partially blocked = filter and restricted fuel flow while airborne....The mixture creeps = toward lean, the EGT creeps up, fuel pressure is erratic and moving = lower . Tweak the mixture knob toward rich and everything is fine for 10 = mins, then the cycle begins again. Big fuel filters are essential, = especially for those with composite tanks. Regards, John -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: = http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html ------=_NextPart_000_0088_01CAEBC3.ACCBFC00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Tracy,
 
A little more detail on symptoms that led you = to change=20 filters please? Was this for the 20B?
 
Although I'm not convinced that it was = necessary, for=20 lack of a better answer I replaced my filters after my fuel starvation = episode a=20 while back. I still have no smoking gun that I can point to as the cause = of this=20 isolated incident. Keep waiting for the sudden unexplainable = re-occurrence. Hope=20 when/if it happens I'm near something landable.
 
Mike Wills

Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:58 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: fuel filters

"Big fuel filters are essential, especially for those = with=20 composite tanks."

I second that.  Just had to change out = my nice=20 looking Jegs Billet aluminum filter (with a tiny screen disk filter = inside) for=20 Peterson 600 series fuel filter.   This is the filter between = tank and=20 fuel pump, not the high pressure one after the = pumps.

Tracy

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:34 PM, John Slade = <jslade@canardaviation.com&g= t;=20 wrote:
For what it's worth, I've seen the symptoms of a = partially=20 blocked filter and restricted fuel flow while airborne....The mixture = creeps=20 toward lean, the EGT creeps up, fuel pressure is erratic and moving = lower .=20 Tweak the mixture knob toward rich and everything is fine for 10 mins, = then=20 the cycle begins again. Big fuel filters are essential, especially for = those=20 with composite tanks.
Regards,
John


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