Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #58701
From: Tom Walter <roundrocktom@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Fuel Filters. Was: Rotary Forced Landing
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 14:57:38 -0700 (PDT)
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
I've had similar results. 

Keeping the tank full does help pump life (especially Ford).

Other item is is you watch the current waveform on the pumps, you can see a potential issue long before it occurs.  Just a neat
item that would be nice to explore further as an early failure warning.  Honda pump failed, but as long as you thumped the
tank with a rubber mallet it would work again for a week (one position on the rotor was bad, the thumb just moved it slightly
and the Honda would start again. 180K miles)

Tom


From: Saro Marcarian <sarodude@yahoo.com>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2012 3:10 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Fuel Filters. Was: Rotary Forced Landing

One more thing...  This is horrible pseudo-data stated horribly, is strictly anecdotal, but take it for what it's worth... 

I've been around 3 GM FI cars.  The late 80's Grand Am 4 banger ate fuel pumps regularly - I'd guess at around 10,000 mile intervals.  My late 80's Astro ate one around 150,000 miles - near Barstow.  There's an awesome story there for another time....  The 2008 Aura we didn't put much mileage on - semi-solid it around 30,000 miles.

In contrast, I've not had one failure of a FI fuel pump on my super annoying 98 Toyota Corolla (near 200,000 miles), two 1st generation CRX Si's (both WELL over 100,000 miles), nor my 73,000 mile 2nd generation Honda Fit (a relative youngster - but give it time).

This has been my experience.  The only facts I'm stating are my experiences but you are free to draw your own conclusions.  It's not something I'm particularly thrilled about reporting.

-Saro


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