danielabernath
Well Known Member
(Yes. I know I don't know much but I have taken the course at Sebring and another light sport inspector course with Rainbow and I am trying to learn. So I am not a helpless metrosexual-I am learning).
When we last left our story, I had water/rust/volcanic stuff in fuel.
I hired a and p man who said that he would and did take out all the fuel to strain it. I had other issues so I didn't worry too much about the fuel having the foolish belief that when a man tells you something that he is actually telling you the Truth.
Today, I turned on the engine for the first time in a long time. Started up nicely but rough start. Then she was OK at the low RPMs. I gave her more gas and she'd stutter and was rough and then smoothed out. I figured that if there was any moisture that the engine was just running it through.
I got her to 4000 rpms and she dropped to 3800, then down to 3500, back and forth. If I gave less gas I got more RPMs. If I gave it more gas I got less RPMs.
Never got above 4000. She would just drop if I tried to get above 4000. Then I saw engine oil was getting hot, so I shut her down.
I then took another fuel sample after this running up and saw about 200 tiny brown grains at bottom. I threw that out and then took another sample and it was clear.
(the first sample I took before I turned on engine showed clear but with 3 or 4 little brown grains.)
OK. So I need to actually drain all that fuel out and give it to the guy who mows the grass at the airport.
Any suggestions here? I am not sure that the a and p man who said he drained actually did anything as he has turned out to be completely unreliable.
When we last left our story, I had water/rust/volcanic stuff in fuel.
I hired a and p man who said that he would and did take out all the fuel to strain it. I had other issues so I didn't worry too much about the fuel having the foolish belief that when a man tells you something that he is actually telling you the Truth.
Today, I turned on the engine for the first time in a long time. Started up nicely but rough start. Then she was OK at the low RPMs. I gave her more gas and she'd stutter and was rough and then smoothed out. I figured that if there was any moisture that the engine was just running it through.
I got her to 4000 rpms and she dropped to 3800, then down to 3500, back and forth. If I gave less gas I got more RPMs. If I gave it more gas I got less RPMs.
Never got above 4000. She would just drop if I tried to get above 4000. Then I saw engine oil was getting hot, so I shut her down.
I then took another fuel sample after this running up and saw about 200 tiny brown grains at bottom. I threw that out and then took another sample and it was clear.
(the first sample I took before I turned on engine showed clear but with 3 or 4 little brown grains.)
OK. So I need to actually drain all that fuel out and give it to the guy who mows the grass at the airport.
Any suggestions here? I am not sure that the a and p man who said he drained actually did anything as he has turned out to be completely unreliable.
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