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The Aircraft Spruce filter P/N 05-01030 seems to be serving me pretty well so far.
I want to add a word of caution about the comment of using a smaller gascolator
filter. I have the Spruce gaslocator that has a single layer mesh screen
in it. I e-mailed Spruce about the mesh size and got a reply that it is 120
microns. They told me that they have a 74 micron screen available, but that
it was not listed in the current catalog. I went ahead and bought a couple thinking
that I would just use the smaller screen and no filter.
I installed the new screen and performed and engine run. I could not accelerate
past part-power and my fuel pressure at the engine was way low. I popped the
old screen in and re-ran the engine without any problems. I threw the smaller
screens out, added a filter into the system and never looked back. I could
have spent some more time troubleshooting around the smaller screen but decided
it was not worth the effort.
The stock 120 micron gascolator screen and the 05-01030 filter passes the flow
test and has around 50 flight hours with no problems.
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David Gallagher
601 XL/Jabiru 3300
First flight 7/24/08
Phase I flight test complete 10/16/08
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