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Old 12-30-2013 | 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Trip7
Taxing single engine with both pumps will cause an imbalance. The boost pump will detect low pressure and turn both pumps on, which will draw fuel to operating engine from both collector tanks. Some of that fuel will be burned and some will be returned to the collector tank, but only the operating engine collector tank, causing the operating engine side fuel tank to have more fuel than the shutdown side.
This ^^^. Taxiing single engine creates an imbalance; leaving the pumps on worsens it.