Cloudy Fuel - Please Help
Has anyone seen anything like this. Sumped my left tank today...fuel blue and clear. Sumped my right tank...fuel was blue and cloudy/milky. I drained four 2oz cups, each one clearer than the last. The fourth sample was blue and clear. The aircraft (RV-6A) has been indoors, in my unheated hangar in NE Ohio. The temperature was about 35degF when I took the samples, but the overnight temperature was about 25degF. I am not the builder...it was built by Bob Barrett, in Clear Lake MN, completed in 2009. The wings were quick-build. My guess is that it's either ice crystals in suspension, or a substance breaking down in my fuel tank. Any thoughts?
Has anyone seen anything like this. Sumped my left tank today...fuel blue and clear. Sumped my right tank...fuel was blue and cloudy/milky. I drained four 2oz cups, each one clearer than the last. The fourth sample was blue and clear. The aircraft (RV-6A) has been indoors, in my unheated hangar in NE Ohio. The temperature was about 35degF when I took the samples, but the overnight temperature was about 25degF. I am not the builder...it was built by Bob Barrett, in Clear Lake MN, completed in 2009. The wings were quick-build. My guess is that it's either ice crystals in suspension, or a substance breaking down in my fuel tank. Any thoughts?