Barrel pump question

[G19Tony]

I need to defuel my airplane, in the past, I would use my cheapie HF suction tube. I bought a new 55 gallon barrel to store the fuel. I was looking at the HF rotary barrel pump. Do those things work in both directions? Can I defuel and fuel with it? There is no information that I can find.

Thanks for your help.

Merry Christmas.

 

[Scsmith42]

If it us the same as mine they are primarily designed to work in one direction. You would need to reverse the feed to the pump.


Scott

 

[Toymeister]

HF version will work. They are simple, hard to go wrong. Number one reason why they fail is people run water through them.

 

[Shadowdog500]

I've used siphon hoses as well as just opening the fuel sumps at the bottoms of the wings with a 6 gallon gas can sitting under it. Not sure if I would want to use a barrel pumpand have to crank every gallon of fuel out of it by hand. Let gravity do the work for you.

Why do you have to de fuel your plane?


Chris

 

[G19Tony]

I've used siphon hoses as well as just opening the fuel sumps at the bottoms of the wings with a 6 gallon gas can sitting under it. Not sure if I would want to use a barrel pumpand have to crank every gallon of fuel out of it by hand. Let gravity do the work for you.

Why do you have to de fuel your plane?


Chris

A float came apart and went sailing by when I was fueling the other day. There is also an AD to pull the tanks and inspect the spar, every 7 years. I'm a year away, but since I have to pull the tank to replace the sending unit, I'm just going to do the inspection on both tanks early. I have the kit and will be getting after it next week.

I picked up a 55 gallon drum for storage. I have 36 gallons to download. I drained it from the wings last time. It was a pain in the ****. I will open the drains for the last little bit. I'd rather fly it out. With FOD in the tank, flying is not in the cards.

 

[Mike Miller]

I've attached a vacuum line to barrels and used them to empty hydraulic tanks. pulls oil don't see why it wouldn't work in your case.

 

[Shadowdog500]

I've attached a vacuum line to barrels and used them to empty hydraulic tanks. pulls oil don't see why it wouldn't work in your case.

Just don't use an electric vacuum cleaner to **** it out. Gas fumes and a sparking motor brush in the vacuum may not agree.

Chris