patkinson
Joined: 26 Jun 2007
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 Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:17 am Post subject: [PHISH] Re: Fuel filters |
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Steve
It does. Could I trouble you with a few practical questions....
How do you avoid spilling fuel inside the aeroplane when you change
filters, and is it easy to tell visually when they are contaminated? Did
you change them after each flight in the early stages or did you develop a
sense of when was a good time to change them based on what they looked
like?
Thanks
Paul Atkinson
On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:16:59 +0100, Steve Pitt <steven.pitt2(at)ntlworld.com>
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<steven.pitt2(at)ntlworld.com>
Fred,
The purolator filters do work and it is worth sticking with them.
I had exactly the problems recorded elsewhere on the list and having
read about the issue before first flight I ensured that I bought a stack
of refills before we got going. Yes the filters clogged in the test
flying despite all the preflight flushing I had done.
Over the first 25 hours the filters got cleaner and cleaner (or at least
did not clog as quickly). Now upto 50 hours and I have replaced the
filters again but only for sense rather than as they were blocked. I had
used the same filters for the last 15 hours without a problem.
My Test Pilot advised to keep the reserve filter unused (don't taxi with
the reserve line on, as per the manual) and then you know you have a
clean source of fuel if needed. I have only once had to change to the
reserve and that was in the first 10 hours when the debris was still
being removed.
I hope this helps.
Regards
Steve Pitt
G-SMDH
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