Cleaning Out Contaminated Fuel
in General Tech Discussion
8 years ago
Roger or others,
Today I am pretty sure I got a half tank of fuel contaminated with Jet A. I put 14 gallons of this fuel into my tanks that already had 12 gallons of good 100LL. I was on my way home from a trip and after pumping in the fuel (self-serve) I noticed it didn't smell quite right-not bad but just not quite right. I fired up for T/O and it seemed to taxi fine. But the T/O roll was longer than usual and just felt like it only had about 75% power. It climbed but just not its usual self and it felt anemic all the rest of the way home-about 2.5 hours. The engine sounded OK and didn't miss a beat, but like I said about 75% of normal power. Its a 912ULS engine. Does this sound like Jet A contaminated fuel to you?
My main question is: What steps should I take to clean out this bad fuel? I plan to drain all the tanks, but what else should I do?
Today I am pretty sure I got a half tank of fuel contaminated with Jet A. I put 14 gallons of this fuel into my tanks that already had 12 gallons of good 100LL. I was on my way home from a trip and after pumping in the fuel (self-serve) I noticed it didn't smell quite right-not bad but just not quite right. I fired up for T/O and it seemed to taxi fine. But the T/O roll was longer than usual and just felt like it only had about 75% power. It climbed but just not its usual self and it felt anemic all the rest of the way home-about 2.5 hours. The engine sounded OK and didn't miss a beat, but like I said about 75% of normal power. Its a 912ULS engine. Does this sound like Jet A contaminated fuel to you?
My main question is: What steps should I take to clean out this bad fuel? I plan to drain all the tanks, but what else should I do?
