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Piper Arrow electric fuel-pump
Anybody know how for long the electric fuel-pump
in a fuel-injected Piper-Arrow IV can be operated for.? indefinitely ? or intermitantly ? The POH is somewhat vague as it says that the electric pump can be turned-off in cruise and I haven't spotted a limitation in the POH yet. The reason I ask, is that I normally turn it off when in mid climb, but on a recent long trek I had some adrenalin surges when the engine started getting rough. The fuel-pressure was low and varying, hence causing excessive leaning, thus rough running. Turning on the electric pump got the fuel pressure back to normal values and 'ops normal' After some experimenting in-flight, I determined that the the problem only happened when I was using the right-tank, which implies that there's some obstruction in that fuel line or in the fuel selector. So., any views on how long the electric fuel pump can/should be run for ? |
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