Hi! Mike.
I thought I had been meticulous but as you said it was the finger
filters which caught me out and for what it's worth if all that they
both had collected were to be put into the gascolator it would still NOT
have starved the engine (No matter how much fuel it uses !)
So now I don't have finger filters, I have opened up the drilling
intersections within the tank connectors and use a fine gauze filter in
the filler when filling but I bet if you tried you'd get German Shepherd
hairs through it (end on!) and your finger filters would manage to grab
them if you had the misfortune to get the problem.
The irony in my case was that, even though I only use the reserve side
the requisite occasional proof period, it had collected sufficient to
suffer the same problem as the main side so both finger filters had
failed within 10 minutes of each other with nothing found in the
gascolator further down the line. My experience with the Europa in line
original filters was early during test flying from tank swarf in the
usual manner often found.
Regards
Bob Harrison G-PTAG Europa MKI/Jabiru 3300 (able to use as much fuel as
it needs at all times !)
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From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Mike Parkin
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Europa-list: fitting gascolator
<mikenjulie.parkin@btopenworld.com>
> I hear your theory but it has one slight draw back..... the reserve
side
> will attract a bigger deposit of contamination (since that side gets
all
> the fill up fuel and the main side on the other side of the tunnel has
> consequently less chance of contamination.) So when you switch to the
> reserve side(having had the "splutters" from the main)you can bet it
> will be for a very short time !
> Sorry guys IMHO and experience the inline filters just can not
> accommodate, or for that matter certainly not separate any water.
> Regards
> Bob Harrison G-PTAG Europa MKI/Jabiru 3300 c/w gascolator ....etc
etc.!
> then there's the dog hairs!!!! Beat you to the punch Nev!
>
Bob,
This seems to me to be a question of care and good practices. If one is
careful to keep any rubbish out of the system during the building, and
filter all fuel that goes into the tank, clogging should not be an
issue.
The small deposits that will accumulate overtime are adequately handled
by
routine filter changes.
I don't think the Proline filters are intended to be water seperators -
just
inline filters.
Of course large filters might be required if one's power unit uses a lot
of
fuel.(teehee!!)
regards,
Mike
3 German Shepherds but never a problem of doghair in the workshop.
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