Auxiliary Fuel Pump Mystery

[hharney]

Originally Posted by Ernie Martin

Yes. No one asked, but I mentioned it in my report, that I had cross-fed, but it still didn't pump.

Ernie

If you look at Skymaster O2 post he was asking if you happened to turn them off. When the selectors are off or in AUX the pump is not fed. Of course your vintage doesn't have AUX, right?

[Ernie Martin]

Sorry, I missed that question. But, no, the selectors were not turned to OFF after the previous flight. I checked that, and I also checked that there was fuel in the tank by cross-feeding the other engine and running that engine's aux pump until I saw fuel dripping from that engine.

Ernie