I've got a square-shaped Facet as a transfer pump from a wing tank to the
header. Despite being left on and running dry surely more than once
during my plane's long life, it continues to turn on and pump fuel
without fail.
I have two independently wired pumps (primary and back-up) drawing from
Thought you had a VW engine. My mistake. On my sub I ran 2 pumps 1 on when key
was on 2nd on a switch. I had a fuel pressure gage to.
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> On Jun 12, 2017, at 2:39 PM, Mark Jones via KRnet
> wrote:
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>> I'm hesitant to rely on the 'facet' type electric pump - they look ki
I just used gravity for fuel flow. No 90* elbows in system
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> On Jun 12, 2017, at 12:30 PM, Mark Langford via KRnet
> wrote:
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> Dave Acklam wrote:
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>> I'm hesitant to rely on the 'facet' type electric pump - they look kind of
>> flimsy & if the pump stops the engine quit
I had a similar set up - carb was an Amal - recommended by our EAA after
having problems with the original ---? that came with the Revmaster.
No pump -just a forward facing pitot to ensure positive pressure in the
tank.
Never had any problems.
On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Dave Acklam via KR
At 11:15 AM 6/12/2017, you wrote:
Or is everyone running the little 12v facet pumps (or two of them? Or???)?
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I've run two Facet pumps, in parallel for 600 hours, no gravity feed,
no eng
I ran two pumps but that was for wing tanks to keep the header tank full.
Gravity off the header tank should be your last resort.
On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 3:12 PM, Bright House via KRnet <
krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote:
> You are correct. It will not start on the ground without pumps. It also
> prob
You are correct. It will not start on the ground without pumps. It also
probably would not start in the air with no pumps. What I said was it continued
to run with no pumps. The facets are reliable as many of us have proven.
Mark Jones
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> On Jun 12, 2017, at 4:00 PM, Dav
At least for my plane, with 5gal in the tank it won't even start without a
pump (I tried, right after I hooked the EFS-2 up - No dice. Fuel present
all the way through, and it runs on starting fluid, so that (IMHO) leaves
insufficient pressure). Given that there is only about 8" of vertical
distanc
I'm hesitant to rely on the 'facet' type electric pump - they look kind of
flimsy & if the pump stops the engine quits...
This statement is not necessarily true. Back in the early days of my KR2S
flying with my EFS-3 Corvair engine I had a complete pump failure due to a
broken ground wire. B
Dave Acklam wrote:
> I'm hesitant to rely on the 'facet' type electric pump - they look kind of
> flimsy & if the pump stops the engine quits...
The Facets are more reliable than they may appear, and are dirt simple.
The stock mechanical pump is certainly less reliable.
Having said that, you
So...
I'm using an EFS-2 and need a fuel-pump.
My engine is an 1835 VW with accessory-case & single-plug heads, and I'm
using a single mag as my ignition source. All fuel is in a *large* header
tank, directly behind the panel.
I'm hesitant to rely on the 'facet' type electric pump - they look ki
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