Saville
Well Known Member
Well so I check the fuel gauges and I'm astonished to see the left tank much lower than the right....
My fuel selector (Andair I believe) :
Is normally on BOTH. IT was OFF for the annual in January. Then back to BOTH
I fill up often so I didn't notice anything unusual until yesterday's flight. The left tank gauge was going down and was very low while the right tank hadn't budged.
Selector on BOTH. This is not what usually happens. They don't drain precisely at the same rate but it's never been like this.
I landed immediately as I didn't have a whole lot left in the tank.
So now I have a problem to diagnose...why is it not drawing from the right hand tank?
Broken fuel selector?
Plugged line?
Plugged air vent?
My only thought in terms of diagnosis is to fill the left tank, fly around burn down a few gallons with the selector set on RIGHT and see if the right tank level drops.
Or fly around on BOTH.
But this is no diagnosis and I'm hesitant to fill the tank if I now have to dissemble the fuel system.
Any suggestions as what tests to run to determine where the problem is would be appreciated.
My fuel selector (Andair I believe) :
Is normally on BOTH. IT was OFF for the annual in January. Then back to BOTH
I fill up often so I didn't notice anything unusual until yesterday's flight. The left tank gauge was going down and was very low while the right tank hadn't budged.
Selector on BOTH. This is not what usually happens. They don't drain precisely at the same rate but it's never been like this.
I landed immediately as I didn't have a whole lot left in the tank.
So now I have a problem to diagnose...why is it not drawing from the right hand tank?
Broken fuel selector?
Plugged line?
Plugged air vent?
My only thought in terms of diagnosis is to fill the left tank, fly around burn down a few gallons with the selector set on RIGHT and see if the right tank level drops.
Or fly around on BOTH.
But this is no diagnosis and I'm hesitant to fill the tank if I now have to dissemble the fuel system.
Any suggestions as what tests to run to determine where the problem is would be appreciated.
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