Rotax Electric pump failures
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 12:27 pm
Guys, I'm planning on building a TSi soon, In the mean time, I have been flying a VANS RV-12iS I recently completed, that uses a Rotax 912iS engine (similar to the 915iS but not Turbo).
Unfortunately, in less than 15 hours flight time I have had the electric pumps fail (as of yesterday) 4 times! This after I replace the original pumps due to a Rotas mandatory SB. (so a total of 5x replacements)
Lockwood Aviation has verified the failures and replaced the pumps (at no cost), but so far I have not received a root cause analysis on the failures.
Since the TSi uses the SAME electric pumps, I'm getting concerned with this.
Has anyone had any issues with the electric fuel pumps?
Suggestions? Alternatives? How can I escalate this to Rotax?
Best regards
A
Unfortunately, in less than 15 hours flight time I have had the electric pumps fail (as of yesterday) 4 times! This after I replace the original pumps due to a Rotas mandatory SB. (so a total of 5x replacements)
Lockwood Aviation has verified the failures and replaced the pumps (at no cost), but so far I have not received a root cause analysis on the failures.
Since the TSi uses the SAME electric pumps, I'm getting concerned with this.
Has anyone had any issues with the electric fuel pumps?
Suggestions? Alternatives? How can I escalate this to Rotax?
Best regards
A