Gilles. mon ami,
I think it means they know their own source happily, know they
didnt suck from some remote site, but shared a trip to an unknown source
while on a continental trip. Your mileage may vary.......
Certainly over here in (northern) America, some Canuck sites may
store old fuel as a cashe, and the possiblity of water ingestion is higher.
For that reason I have both water drains (to drain the sitting tanks) and a
gascolator (to drain the fuel lines - tank to engine). Every flight is a
gascolator flight, every storage is both.
Over the horizon attempt to smooth the European feathers.
Cheers, Ferg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gilles Thesee" <Gilles.Thesee@ac-grenoble.fr>
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Water corrosion?
<Gilles.Thesee@ac-grenoble.fr>
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| >>Check if your gascolator lets water through, if its an Andair it won't
| >>unless wrongly assembled. I know the factory used a cheap gascolator one
| >>time which was not well designed, ACS I think.
| >>Its best to filter out the water before it gets in the tank, a Mister
| >>Funnel will do that, but it is not the same mesh as the Andair, (70
| >>migron) so fine stuff it lets through could still affect the Andair.
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| Gentlemen,
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| While following the thread on water corrosion, a couple of questions
| occurred to me :
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| - No one seems to mention the golden rule of pre-flight checks : sample
| the fuel at the tank(s) drain before moving the aeroplane. Any water
| present in the tank sump is thus eliminated before entering fuel lines.
| Or does that mean that some Europas don't have such a tank fuel drain ?
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| - One of the causes mentioned was "filling the tanks on the continent" :
| as a continental flyer I was navely thinking the standards in fuel
| handling were approximately the same throughout Western Europe. Does
| that really mean British pilots consider we are THAT sloppy in handling
| aviation fuels ?
| In 22 years flying (and draining fuel sumps every flying day) I've never
| found the slightest water dropplet in my tanks ;-)
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| In my opinion the most probable cause for Avgas water contamination in
| Britain might well be rain in the tanks openings, wether when refuelling
| or sitting on the ramp, or moisture condensation.
| Just wondering.
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| Regards,
| Gilles Thesee
| Grenoble, France
| http://contrails.free.fr
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