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Date:  1-24-2014
Number of Hours:  3.00
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Brief Description:  Hunting low fuel pressure fault.

Started the serious high speed taxi tests today. Two faults - volts not behaving and fuel not behaving - pity, as you need those 2 for the engine to run properly.

Did 30 mins of high speed taxiing (5 x 40kts up the runway and 10 kts back along the taxiway). With WOT (wide open throttle) the fuel pressure drops form 1.4 to 0.6 so there is a restriction somewhere. The engine has both mechanical and electric fuel pumps so the pumping side should be fine.

I had previously bought some clear fuel filters as I don't like the opaque ones - can't see any rubbish inside. I changed the right side filter (as that is the tank I am running the tests with), then cut open the old fliter - no visible rubbish, so further exploration needed ...
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Old in-line fuel filter.

Old in-line fuel filter.

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New clear in-line fuel filter.

New clear in-line fuel filter.

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Old filter cut open - no blocking rubbish ...

Old filter cut open - no blocking rubbish ...

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