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To: rlmorel

Which is categorized as fuel starvation.


28 posted on 07/02/2021 12:09:24 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: CodeToad

I used to be a jet mechanic back in the day...we never viewed it that way, but that was some forty years ago. Could be different now.

We understood that fuel contamination CAN be a contributing factor to fuel starvation, but not always

IIRC, fuel contamination CAN cause fuel starvation by clogging filters, injector nozzles, or other things depending on what the fuel is contaminated with, but that is not always the case with physical fuel starvation.

Water in the fuel or other liquid contaminants may change the integrity of the fuel and cause it to combust incorrectly, which can cause whatever engine using it to be unable to function.

I suppose it is a semantic thing, and as a mechanic, I would classify it one way, where an investigator for other reasons, might classify it another way.

For example, if the fuel is contaminated by water, technically the engine will starve for lack of combustible fuel which is generally caused by bad fuel from a bowser, or an introduction of contaminant after fuel is in the aircraft...but if the fuel is okay but not getting to the engine, there are a host of other possible causes which would be investigated such as a bad fuel control, blockage in a pump, failure to transfer from tanks that are full of good fuel, and so on.

But I do get the point you make.


32 posted on 07/02/2021 1:15:03 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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