REFLECTOR: Franklin PZL fuel pump

John Dibble aminetech at bluefrog.com
Wed Apr 30 12:08:13 CDT 2008


Thanks.  Also for the others responding, I have the new pump.  One of
the attach nuts was a little loose and I tightened it so I'll see if
that helps.  The oil seems to be dripping at the bottom of the square
spacer.

John

Donald Royer wrote:

>  It turned out to be a false alarm. The oil was coming from a bad
> valve cover gasket, and the oil was dripping down on the fuel pump
> vent line.Don
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: John Dibble
>      To: djroyer at earthlink.net;Velocity Aircraft Owners and
>      Builders list
>      Sent: 4/30/2008 7:43:06 AM
>      Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Franklin PZL fuel pump
>       My Franklin just started leaking oil around the fuel pump.
>      Not sure yet exactly where it's coming from.  Don, any
>      update on what you have done?
>
>      John
>
>      Donald Royer wrote:
>
>     >  Oil is coming out of the vent hole in my PZL rotatory
>     > fuel pump. Am I the first one o have this problem? Does
>     > anyone know whether it can be repaired? Looking at the
>     > illustated parts list, it seems to me that the only thing
>     > that might be a candidate for replacement is something
>     > called a needle bearing. Can anyone help me with this. The
>     > pump has less than one hundred hours on it. If it cannot
>     > be repaied, does anyone know if or where a new one might
>     > be available?  Donald Royer
>     >
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