Mooney down in Alabama?

[Pinecone]

Hmm, part of the pre-flight/pre-start is to drain the gascolator on EACH tank.

Part of the pre-takeoff is to switch tanks.

I like knowing, BEFORE I take off, that I can feed fuel from both tanks.

[Hank]

9 minutes ago, Pinecone said:

Hmm, part of the pre-flight/pre-start is to drain the gascolator on EACH tank.

Part of the pre-takeoff is to switch tanks.

I like knowing, BEFORE I take off, that I can feed fuel from both tanks.

I switch right after cranking. There's a (justified!) Caution to not switch tanks right before takeoff. Pre-taxi is NOT right before takeoff.

If the selecred tank is low, then I just switch back to the fuller one. Two switches right after cranking up!

[Pinecone]

I crank and taxi on one tank.  Normally the lower one.  Then switch to the fully one before the runup.

[A64Pilot]

On 1/6/2023 at 8:59 AM, Fly Boomer said:

Maybe he didn't stick the tanks?  Some fuel gauges are known to by iffy.

That’s my bet