Condition inspection find

[C-FAH Q]

Did you ever find evidence of the wood in your gascolater screen? Seems it would of/should of got stopped in it before it ever got to your engine.

[rapid_ascent]

That is amazing. I'd be interested in knowing your fuel filter setup. And please don't say there isn't one.

[RV7A Flyer]

Originally Posted by BenNabors

An interesting aspect is that if the wood was floating, it would lift the flop tube. That is a very strange modification to the fuel system.

I don't understand...what could *possibly* be the purpose of this? Is there some fuel system somewhere on a type-certified plane that has this?

Inquiring minds want to know...

[jarhead]

Originally Posted by JFRV8

The flop tube had wood around the fittings which disintegrated. There was a quantity of wood particles in the tank.

I've seen some "interesting" things in fuel tanks & fuel cells after 20+ years in the helicopter maintenance world. Wood fibers/particles, in that quantity, is NOT one of them.

With that degree of contamination, I would highly recommend disassembling your fuel system as much as possible, and back-flushing everything, from the carb/injector nozzles all the way back to the tanks. Right now, you have no way of knowing just how far those particulates may have traveled.