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Re: First Flight

Subject: Re: First Flight
From: Brian Rauchfuss - PCD <brauchfu@pcocd2.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:55:17
> In a message dated 22/08/99 10:38:20 Greenwich Standard Time, 
> pdavis10@compuserve.com writes:
> 
> << although the tank had been flushed through from full to empty (into the
>  car) at least three times. >>
> 
> After my reported incident last year I flushed the tank with agitation (both

> of us (:-)) through a filter paper.  It needed THIRTEEN goes before nothing 
> could be discerned !    As it turned out, blocking  wasn't  the problem, but

> I had fitted a second (car-type) filter by then,  which exposed the culprit 
> as an air leak in the original filter itself.   Saved me another "field 
> excursion" as it did for you.   

Why does the Europa fuel system use fuel filters rather than a gasolator?
The main problem with a fuel filter is that it will not stop water from
getting to the engine, and is more difficult to check for either water or
particles.

> Graham C. G-EMIN

Brian


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