The spider had apparently already been dislodged by the time I got there (as
I mentioned, my partner had had some problems the day before). However,
digging with the probe of my fuel tester, I was able to get a number of
sticky things out that were probably spider eggs. Eventually, the fuel flow
flushed everything out, but it took several tries.

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


"Marco Leon" mmleon(at)yahoo.com wrote in message
...
I'm surprised the fuel flowing out didn't dislodge it. I get a pretty good
flow out if my Warrior's sumps when the tanks are full. I suppose they can
clog the pitot/static holes and the fuel overflow as well. You didn't
happen
to take a digital photo, did you?

"Bob Chilcoat" wrote in message
...
Went out the the airport to carve up some air this afternoon in the
Archer.
During the preflight, I noticed that I could get almost no flow from the
right sump drain. Was concerned that if the sump drain was blocked,
there
might be stuff in the tank that could also block the fuel line or pickup.
[snip]



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