Mark Lankford wrote: > Here's my question: Has anybody else had water in their fuel, and if so, > is > the symptom that the engine cuts in and out rapidly and more or less > sputters and scares the crap out of you?
Mark Yes, I had some (small amount) in my Turbo Viking years ago. It was about 12 hours after I had the motor and turbo '0'd out. I was coming back from Sacromento CA to Bakersfield. I had reached about 800 msl and I got a couple of quick caughs. Then for about 2 1/2 to 3 minutes everything was fine. Then I got another one a bit harder. So I just called tower and came around. The seat coushin came out with me. I called Lycoming. They told me to resump my tanks in 30 min's. I did and I got nothing but clean fuel. So I took off again and all went well. I went first to Visaila, Lycoming is on the Airpark. They looked things over and then said I must have spit the water out and that things should be just fine. Jerry told me that a small amount can do what I described and that things should be just fine. And they were. I have to say that I didn't look at my gauges right away. But I saw nothing when I did. I was just alittle concerned with the flying of the plane and my location to things on the ground. So, no help there. But my heart set a new record for beats in a milli-second on the one hard caugh. Greg Martin Keep 'em flying gents.
