Rusty Gascolator Bowl
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 1:11 pm
So I had my Sting sitting for 3 months, waiting for parts etc ... We drained the fuel from the main tank but never bothered with the gascolator ...
So , opening the gascolator I found this :
Seems like a lot of rust ...
I pretty much only use non-Ethanol Mogas 91 and Swift Fuel 94 , and before I grounded the plane for 3 months, I was sumping regularly and never found any water ...
So where that came from ? Is bad fuel the only option or could that have come from some other source (air ) ? As I mentioned the plane was stuck in a heated hangar ( min 50 F ) for 3 months - what makes me wonder is that I never use Ethanol-based fuel and I never found any water in my fuel to begin with ...
So , opening the gascolator I found this :
Seems like a lot of rust ...
I pretty much only use non-Ethanol Mogas 91 and Swift Fuel 94 , and before I grounded the plane for 3 months, I was sumping regularly and never found any water ...
So where that came from ? Is bad fuel the only option or could that have come from some other source (air ) ? As I mentioned the plane was stuck in a heated hangar ( min 50 F ) for 3 months - what makes me wonder is that I never use Ethanol-based fuel and I never found any water in my fuel to begin with ...