Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Bubbles in fuel line from pump - new valve</TITL= E> </HEAD> <BODY> On 11/27/04 1:31 PM, &q= uot;Finn Lassen" <finn.lassen@verizon.net> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>Yes, I'm using only auto fuel. Removing the sensor definitely improved th= e situation in past tests. I guess I should try removing it now that I have = eliminated "U"s (possible air pockets) in the lines and use a simp= le shut off valve. Actually the outlet from the tank is probably too small. 1/8" NPT to 3= /8" barb brass fitting drilled out to the point where I hoped the threa= ds were still strong enough to not break, if I remember correctly. I'm not s= ure if I have enough material in the tank to go up to 1/4" NPT fitting.= Will have to look at that when I get around to taking out the tank. Finn </BLOCKQUOTE>Finn, I think you should have minimum 1/4” ID fuel lines all aroun= d. No exceptions for fittings etc. I have people buying a 3 GPM pump to pre-= lube their big diesels. They install 1/2” ID hoses all over, but feed = the oil to the engine through a 1/8” ID hole. Then call to complain th= at the pump does not perform as advertised. Buly </BODY> </HTML> --B_3184427261

Return-Path: Received: from imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.70] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 547765 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:06:04 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.70; envelope-from=atlasyts@bellsouth.net Received: from [65.2.51.208] by imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20041128000534.RGOL2051.imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net@[65.2.51.208]> for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:05:34 -0500 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.4.030702.0 Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:07:37 -0500 Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Bubbles in fuel line from pump - new valve From: Bulent Aliev To: Rotary motors in aircraft Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3184427261_8285059" > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3184427261_8285059 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable On 11/27/04 1:31 PM, "Finn Lassen" wrote: > Yes, I'm using only auto fuel. Removing the sensor definitely improved th= e > situation in past tests. I guess I should try removing it now that I have > eliminated "U"s (possible air pockets) in the lines and use a simple shut= off > valve. >=20 > Actually the outlet from the tank is probably too small. 1/8" NPT to 3/8"= barb > brass fitting drilled out to the point where I hoped the threads were sti= ll > strong enough to not break, if I remember correctly. I'm not sure if I ha= ve > enough material in the tank to go up to 1/4" NPT fitting. Will have to lo= ok at > that when I get around to taking out the tank. >=20 > Finn >=20 Finn, I think you should have minimum 1/4=B2 ID fuel lines all around. No exceptions for fittings etc. I have people buying a 3 GPM pump to pre-lube their big diesels. They install 1/2=B2 ID hoses all over, but feed the oil to the engine through a 1/8=B2 ID hole. Then call to complain that the pump does not perform as advertised. Buly --B_3184427261_8285059 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Bubbles in fuel line from pump - new valve</TITL= E> </HEAD> <BODY> On 11/27/04 1:31 PM, &q= uot;Finn Lassen" <finn.lassen@verizon.net> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>Yes, I'm using only auto fuel. Removing the sensor definitely improved th= e situation in past tests. I guess I should try removing it now that I have = eliminated "U"s (possible air pockets) in the lines and use a simp= le shut off valve. Actually the outlet from the tank is probably too small. 1/8" NPT to 3= /8" barb brass fitting drilled out to the point where I hoped the threa= ds were still strong enough to not break, if I remember correctly. I'm not s= ure if I have enough material in the tank to go up to 1/4" NPT fitting.= Will have to look at that when I get around to taking out the tank. Finn </BLOCKQUOTE>Finn, I think you should have minimum 1/4” ID fuel lines all aroun= d. No exceptions for fittings etc. I have people buying a 3 GPM pump to pre-= lube their big diesels. They install 1/2” ID hoses all over, but feed = the oil to the engine through a 1/8” ID hole. Then call to complain th= at the pump does not perform as advertised. Buly </BODY> </HTML> --B_3184427261_8285059--