Have you checked the finger filter in the entry side of the fuel pump?
Cheers
Sue & Bill
On 31/07/2012 3:05 a.m., Frans Veldman wrote:
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> Jeff,
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>> My own experience with vapor lock was nerve wracking. After fighting it
>> for months, I finally figured it out. The carb bowls were getting hot.
> This is not the problem I have. The engine was still relatively cold,
> and I saw the fuel pressure drop. The fuel pressure is measured before
> the carbs. A vapor lock inside the carbs doesn't result in a pressure
> drop before the carbs.
>
> I also got some private mails, but not everyone seems to know that I
> have a Rotax 914. The 914 has two electrical pumps, mounted under the
> bagage bay. If there is a fuel pressure drop, something is wrong outside
> of the engine bay (unless it is the fuel pressure regulator itself).
>
> I appreciate your advice, but I don't think it applies to my ship. It
> can't have been the carbs.
>
> Frans
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