Fuel nozzle and swirler

A fuel nozzle assembly for a gas turbine engine, the fuel nozzle assembly comprising:

• a fuel nozzle including an outer wall encasing a fuel passage and defining a longitudinal axis;
• a cap provided in the fuel passage;
• a swirler circumscribing the fuel nozzle defining a swirler air passage;
• and
• a fuel nozzle wall passage provided within the outer wall and exhausting at a first outlet;
• wherein the first outlet exhausts to the fuel passage aft of the cap relative to the longitudinal axis.

A fuel nozzle assembly comprising:

• a fuel nozzle including an outer wall encasing a fuel passage and defining a longitudinal axis;
• a swirler circumscribing the fuel nozzle defining a swirler air passage;
• and
• a fuel nozzle wall passage provided within the outer wall and exhausting at a first outlet;
• wherein the first outlet is arranged tangentially, relative to the longitudinal axis, to impart a swirl to fuel exhausted from the first outlet.