REFLECTOR: fuel flow irregularly

Scott Derrick scott at tnstaafl.net
Tue Dec 13 10:22:13 CST 2005


The first thing that comes to mind is fiberglass residue in a  filter or 
screen. 

My filter collected a lot of fibers for the first 300 hours...  I 
checked it every 25 hours for awhile, now I'm down to changing every annual.

Scott

Richard Ring wrote:

> After 50 hrs. of checking things out and correcting almost every 
> problem I have read about on the reflector, I now have one more.
>  
> This is SRG Franklin/Ivo,
> After approx. 20/30 min. at 2300/23lb I get fuel flow that was 10.5 
> gph going from 9 to 14.8 and every time you look its diffrent. I turn 
> back for the airport and the engine will quit completely and start 
> again before I can hit the boost pump. I throttle back and land.
>  
> I have 3/8 fuel lines and 1/2 vent lines and they are clean and worked 
> great for 50 hrs. what do you think?
>  
> I would appreciate any input.
>  
> Richard
>  
>
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