wrote:

On 28-Aug-2004, (Jim Rosinski) wrote:


The vacuum pump in my Skyhawk
went belly up just like that a couple years ago while flying VFR. No
warning. No nothing. Just poof.


Yes, that is the nature of a vacuum pump failure. What warning were you
expecting?

Personally, I'd like a sweet voice to say to me "You have 10 hours until
vacuum pump failure," "You have 9 hours until vacuum pump failure," etc.
:-)

I solved the problem by owning a Skylane with a wet pump. Never had a
failure of the pump. I did have a vacuum loss caused by a T fitting
installed as part of the Precise Flight standby system. How ironic...


Matt