As a matter of interest, where precisely do you take off the tapping for the
pressure sensor and do you see the warning light flickering when taxiing
across rough ground? Or as vapour is purged after parking in the sun?
Duncan McF.
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From: "david joyce" <davidjoyce@beeb.net>
Subject: Europa-List: Fuel Systems
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> Tony, I have a low fuel pressure warning sensor ( a simple inexpensive
reliable pressure switch from OEM) which switches a bright red warning light
on in front of my nose if pressure drops below 0.15 Bar, as it will if the
pump starts pushing air or if the filter gets furred up. I have now twice
run the reserve dry, once deliberately and once inadvertantly and on each
occasion there was time to get head in gear and switch over to reserve
without the engine even blinking. This should also cover the situation
Europa once described where their 914 started coughing, but recovered when
pump 2 was switched on, and they subsequently found the Gascolator filter
heavily gunged.So it seems to me that this system offers a reliable
changeover arrangement, not depending on a quiet engine, with the advantages
of simplicity, lightness and cheapness. David Joyce
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