Cessna 172P - Fuel System

SECTION
7
AIR,PLANE
&
SYSTEMS
DESCN,IPTIONS
CESSNA
MODEL
172P
Ieft
or
right
until
the knob cannot
be
pulled
out.
COOLING
SYSTEM
A
winterization
kit is
available
for
the
airplane.
Details
of this kit
are
presented
in
Section
g,
Supplements.
PROPELLER
The
airplane
is
equipped
with
a two-bladed, fixed-pitch,
one-pÍece
forged
alumÍnum
alloy
propeller
which is
anodized to rãtard corrosion.
The
propeller
is 75 inches
in
diameter.
FUEL
SYSTEM
The airplane
may
be equipped
with a standard
fuel
system or
either of
two long
range
systems (see
figure
7-6). Each
system consists of
two
valve,
åäi:
r
each
system.
Fuel flows
by
gravity
from
the
two wing tanks to
a
four-position
selector
valve,
labeled
BOTH,
RIGHT, LEFT,
and
OFF, With the
selector
valve
in either
the
BOTH,
LEFT, or
RIGHT
position,
fuel fÌows through a
strainer
to
the carburetor.
From the
carburetor, mixed
fuel and
airflows
to
the
cylinders
through
intake
manifold
tubes.
The manual
primer
draws
its
7-20
30 May 1980