Title: How much damage does a 'wet start' do to a jet fighter? - Quora
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How much damage does a "wet start" do to a jet fighter?
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Anas Maaz
, Airline pilot. Airbus A320/ A321
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A wet start does no harm to the engine. A wet start occurs when the engine fails to light up in a certain period of time when fuel is introduced into the combustion chamber. The indication of a wet start to the pilot is a positive rise and stabilisation of high pressure compressor with no rise in engine exhaust temperature. When this happens, the pilot shuts off the fuel to the engine and selects the ignitors off. Because fuel was introduced for combustion and it never was lit up, fuel flooding occurs (hence the term ‘wet’) .