Fuel Pump of Death - ISX. What to do and when to stop worrying?

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(01-29-2021 )tree98 Wrote:  I thought they figured out how to contain the shrapnel on the X15 pumps?

That is still up in the air to see. Isolating the fuel pump oil lines does not make the pump last any longer so it is going to fail just the same. How the isolated oil feed lines do to protect the rst of the engine from destruction remains to be seen.

The thoughts that run thru my hear are some person who's fuel pump is chewing itself up but still operates somewhat (because that is common when they fail), the metal flakes making their way past the oil filter, like has been seen plenty of times in the past, and the titanium and other metal particles eating the guts out of the entire engine anyways. -- Hopefully I am wrong, only time can tell that story.

- Personally, I think they should have just installed a metal particle detector in the oil system with a shutdown alarm. I know if I owned one of those engines that would be one of the first things I would want.

here is one of those types of sensors...
https://www.amot.com/pub/media/product_s...19rev6.pdf


and here is just one of many dozens of related fuel pump failure stories for those who are new here: http://rawze.com/forums/showthread.php?t...9#pid15389