Re: Fuel Sump
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 3:25 pm
Yes- it's true - there is no uphill after my gascolator. However the bottom of the gascolator bowl IS below the inlet at the aeroinjector. And that ACS gascolator has a nice gauze in it that acts a bit like a Gats Jar - turning back the water while allowing the gasoline through. Haven't caught any water in it yet. I'm not tempting fate by putting water in the tank either! I fill my tank chock full after every flight to try and avoid condensation sweating in the tank when sitting in the thermal cycles we get at the airport. I have had crud in it - which was easily cleaned.
I don't disagree with your fuel flow test. Frankly I was just interested in making sure it was no worse with the gascolator than the filter. It wasn't. If it had been - I would have been doing some more work. And by having it down to only 5 galls in the tank - there wasn't much head pressure.
I don't disagree with your fuel flow test. Frankly I was just interested in making sure it was no worse with the gascolator than the filter. It wasn't. If it had been - I would have been doing some more work. And by having it down to only 5 galls in the tank - there wasn't much head pressure.