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Agreed. The only sad part is that I have to buy a $500 part because of stripped threads…

The problem has been found! While dissecting the spider (with a&p supervision) I found that the new fitting for the hose was screwed in such that several of the threads had been destroyed. We both believe that it was the debris that was making it into the injectors!

Already have run a lot of fuel through the empty injector lines. I don’t think it’s them. They appear to be all metal and they were not touched as a part of the installation process. All the injectors have been cleaned multiple times now.

The fuel lines are only 3-4 years old. The arrow has wet wings. The lab sounds great! But I have my commercial checkride in a week and a half with 7 hours of flying left to do… are there any labs that would be able to work that fast?

I’ve used fuel from two different sources, both of which have had no issues when I’ve run them in the past/ no other planes or pilots have had issues. The debris seems dark, and rubbery, making me think that it’s the fuel line rather than the sensor.

Hello! I’m somewhat new to aviation, but have been living with a 1972 piper arrow ii for the past year. She’s been pretty good to me until as of late. After installing a JPI 900 the io-360 has been catching debris in the fuel injectors. In the install process a new hose was added to accommodate...