Steve
It does. Could I trouble you with a few practical questions....
How do you avoid spilling fuel inside the aeroplane when you change
filters, and is it easy to tell visually when they are contaminated? Did
you change them after each flight in the early stages or did you develop a
sense of when was a good time to change them based on what they looked
like?
Thanks
Paul Atkinson
wrote:
> <steven.pitt2@ntlworld.com>
>
> Fred,
> The purolator filters do work and it is worth sticking with them.
> I had exactly the problems recorded elsewhere on the list and having
> read about the issue before first flight I ensured that I bought a stack
> of refills before we got going. Yes the filters clogged in the test
> flying despite all the preflight flushing I had done.
> Over the first 25 hours the filters got cleaner and cleaner (or at least
> did not clog as quickly). Now upto 50 hours and I have replaced the
> filters again but only for sense rather than as they were blocked. I had
> used the same filters for the last 15 hours without a problem.
> My Test Pilot advised to keep the reserve filter unused (don't taxi with
> the reserve line on, as per the manual) and then you know you have a
> clean source of fuel if needed. I have only once had to change to the
> reserve and that was in the first 10 hours when the debris was still
> being removed.
> I hope this helps.
> Regards
> Steve Pitt
> G-SMDH
>
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