Return-Path: Received: from relay02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net ([66.133.131.35] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 541354 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 00:02:07 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.133.131.35; envelope-from=canarder@frontiernet.net Received: from filter02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (filter02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.131.177]) by relay02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D6E510FDC for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 05:01:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net ([66.133.131.35]) by filter02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (filter02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.131.177]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 18552-54-84 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 05:01:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from JIM2004 (67-137-74-47.dsl2.cok.tn.frontiernet.net [67.137.74.47]) by relay02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 155761004F for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 05:01:36 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <41A17321.2020801@frontiernet.net> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 23:03:29 -0600 From: Jim Sower User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040514 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Bubbles in fuel line from pump References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0445-2, 11/04/2004), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20040701 (2.0) at filter02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net <...pressure test the system ...> Wouldn't a vacuum test be more appropriate under the circumstances? Bulent Aliev wrote: >Ed, I don't think the freewheeling transducer blades will cause cavitation. >If the wheel is powered by external source, yes. >I would bet it is an air leak. Finn, can you somehow pressure test the >system? >Bulent > >On 11/21/04 10:57 PM, "Ed Anderson" wrote: > > > >>Hi Finn, >> >> Just a shot in the dark, but what kind of fuel flow transducer is in >>your line? Could your transducer blades be causing cavitation in the fuel >>line?? >> >>Ed >> >>