X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:19:33 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mta16.adelphia.net ([68.168.78.211] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.12) with ESMTP id 2372324 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 06 Oct 2007 10:10:32 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.168.78.211; envelope-from=glcasey@adelphia.net Received: from [75.82.253.35] by mta16.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.04 201-2131-123-105-20051025) with ESMTP id <20071006140952.KIIT6229.mta16.adelphia.net@[75.82.253.35]> for ; Sat, 6 Oct 2007 10:09:52 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-44-771709185 X-Original-Message-Id: From: Gary Casey Subject: Re: fuel tank drains X-Original-Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 07:09:50 -0700 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) --Apple-Mail-44-771709185 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Craig, The gascolator captured a lot of the water. Don't know what would have happened without it, but I suspect the partial power loss (due to the screen plugging with ice crystals as best we could tell) could have turned into a complete loss due to water ingestion. I don't think the engine could have passed that much water before we got to the ground. After landing, with temperatures above freezing, the engine ran okay even though the gascolator was pretty much full of water. One lesson I learned was that even though the gascolator will likely contain no water for hundreds of flights, when it needs to trap water it will do it. We found the same sort of thing about fuel filters in cars - typically they will go for a 100,000 miles and not trap anything, but if you get one bad load of fuel it can fill the filter, protecting the rest of the system. 99% of the time it isn't needed. In my ES I installed the largest gascolator I could find and put it in a location that allows draining before every flight. But, of course, so far haven't seen a drop of water in it. I still like it there. Gary > > Gary, what did the gascolator do that made this flight better? > > "Engine lost power in the soup at altitude over Iowa City." > > Craig Berland > > --Apple-Mail-44-771709185 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Craig,
The gascolator = captured a lot of the water.=A0 Don't know what would have happened = without it, but I suspect the partial power loss (due to the screen = plugging with ice crystals as best we could tell) could have turned into = a complete loss due to water ingestion.=A0 I don't think the engine = could have passed that much water before we got to the ground.=A0 After = landing, with temperatures above freezing, the engine ran okay even = though the gascolator was pretty much full of water.=A0 One=A0lesson I = learned was that even though the gascolator will likely contain no water = for hundreds of flights, when it needs to trap water it will do it.=A0 = We found the same sort of thing about fuel filters in cars - typically = they will go for a 100,000 miles and not trap anything, but if you get = one bad load of fuel it can fill the filter, protecting the rest of the = system.=A0 99% of the time it isn't needed.=A0 In my ES I installed the = largest gascolator I could find and put it in a location that allows = draining before every flight.=A0 But, of course, so far haven't seen a = drop of water in it.=A0 I still like it = there.
Gary
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Gary, what did the gascolator do that = made=A0this flight better?
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"Engine lost power in the soup at = altitude over Iowa City."
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Craig Berland



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