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Subject: Europa-List: fuel system info
From: Graham Singleton <graham@gflight.f9.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:03:52

>For the first few hours
>there was a reasonable amount of gunge on the screen but this settled within
>10 hrs, and since then it would not really have mattered to have left the
>screen unchecked/unwashed for 50 hrs or more, (but I do filter my petrol on
>its way into the tank). I also have a lo fuel pressure warning switch

The filter used when refueling MUST be finer mesh than the gascolator, 
otherwise it can let through stuff that could block the gascolator.
One case of fine rust particles getting through a Mr Funnel filter 
120micron I think, which then blocked the 70 micron Andair filter.

Graham 




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