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Old 8th Jul 2001, 13:41
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You may find it interesting to know the PT6 FCU spline is actually made out of plastic and is quite small in diameter. In addition the fuel pump spline can get fuel washing out lubricant form the drive bearing also leading to both pump and FCU failure. The stiry goes an engineer leaves the spline out, starts engine with FCU scheduling full fuel during start, I think you can guess what happens next!!!!!!
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