X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao105.cox.net ([68.230.241.41] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.6) with ESMTP id 4249852 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 06 May 2010 10:19:28 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.41; envelope-from=alventures@cox.net Received: from fed1rmimpo03.cox.net ([70.169.32.75]) by fed1rmmtao105.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.00.01.00 201-2244-105-20090324) with ESMTP id <20100506141852.KMNW20564.fed1rmmtao105.cox.net@fed1rmimpo03.cox.net> for ; Thu, 6 May 2010 10:18:52 -0400 Received: from BigAl ([72.192.128.205]) by fed1rmimpo03.cox.net with bizsmtp id EEJs1e0064S1t5C04EJsdF; Thu, 06 May 2010 10:18:52 -0400 X-VR-Score: 0.00 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=GWBoNONISSy5wwWPeOR7sPonBBFVX4bzpJNshkMOkOc= c=1 sm=1 a=Vegc0WxVmH5BHtpNDyThtA==:17 a=zoBV7BN9AAAA:8 a=zl0xVxTGRQOA5oUy-zIA:9 a=RZM7-zf3Wb5smV9nt64M-lU2ImkA:4 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=8HluRiFgW4BCx-5NvKIA:9 a=FjzT3FT3pKFuvHRSqHAA:7 a=TgPk3VEpQSwdUAsP5m8LqNneKDwA:4 a=Vegc0WxVmH5BHtpNDyThtA==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 From: "Al Gietzen" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: fuel filters Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 07:20:09 -0800 Message-ID: <6BB58856C150474E850AC57A72BBAA54@BigAl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0006_01CAECEC.8F3DF600" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6856 Importance: Normal Thread-Index: Acrsy9ia1iCA4Du+R221fXaCq46dGQAYjvcg In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01CAECEC.8F3DF600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 Tracy, thanks for the mention of those Peterson filters. They look = pretty good. The website I found didn=92t give any physical dimensions that I = could find though. Got a good web link? Mike The Peterson filter I have (http://www.petersonfluidsys.com/Photos/400filt.jpg) is about 1 =BE = -2=94 dia. and about 5=94 long. The end cap screws off to remove the = cleanable/reuseable screen. I notice on their sight they rate it 60 micron; when I bought = mine about 7 years ago it was rated 50. =20 Also, I=92ll take back what I said recently about using a 10 micron = filter. I went back to my old notes on the subject, and my conclusion was 30-60 microns was fine =96 apparently based on what the injectors would pass. = I=92ve running this one for 180 hours, and have had no issues with the = injectors. In the first 25 hours or so I had found some stuff in the filter that = looked like dust or lint. Since then very little, if anything. =20 Al ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01CAECEC.8F3DF600 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Tracy, thanks for the mention of those Peterson filters. They look pretty good. The = website I found didn’t give any physical dimensions that I could = find though. Got a good web link?

Mike

The Peterson filter I have (http://www.pe= tersonfluidsys.com/Photos/400filt.jpg) is about 1 =BE -2” dia. and about 5” long. The end cap = screws off to remove the cleanable/reuseable screen. I notice on their sight they rate = it 60 micron; when I bought mine about 7 years ago it was rated = 50.

Also, I’ll take back what I = said recently about using a 10 micron filter. I went back to my old notes on = the subject, and my conclusion was 30-60 microns was fine – apparently = based on what the injectors would pass. I’ve running this one for 180 = hours, and have had no issues with the injectors. =A0In the first 25 hours or = so I had found some stuff in the filter that looked like dust or lint. Since then = very little, if anything.

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