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Very good point- before the pump should be the only side effected by a leaking fitting since from the header forward is gravity fed.. -----Original Message----- From: Hartmut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 3:50 PM To: Anthony Timm Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: More 87 Octane Controversy Anthony . A broken hose would only be a problem on the low pressure side on the fuel system. On the the pressure side such loose fitting will just spill gasoline. >From the header tank on the fuel system in a Coupe is just gravity (pressured) , which means a leak here would spill gas. If before the pump a loose fitting or such would make it possible to get air in the system, rendering the pump useless, the header tank has to get empty first before the engine starts to malfunction.... No, no the Ercoupe with its Header Tank is pretty fool proof. Regards Hartmut Anthony Timm wrote: > Are you kidding.. > How about a loose fuel line ?? > A slightly loose fitting can leak air in a line with almost no indication. > It doesn't take much, just one dry rotted gasket.. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 2:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] More 87 Octane Controversy > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > Vapor lock??? On a Coupe??? How ??? > The Carb is gravity fed and vented. > How about Carb Ice or water in gas after sitting around for the annual. > I am flying with auto gas since 3 Years and there was not a single problem > with that. > 100LL creates other problems in smaller engines due to the extreme high > amount of Lead. > > Hartmut > N3330H > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > > I've been paying close attention to the recent stuff on car gas and > hadn'nt had any problems of my own. I pretty much wrote it off to "hype".. > I live in the northeast. When I gassed up two weeks ago, it was 36 degrees > out. I scheduled my plane 1958 Forney F1 for its annual. The first > opportunity to fly again was yesterday afternoon at a temperature of 86 > degrees. 1-1/2 minutes into the flight, past the runway, at 200 AGL, the > RPM dropped to 1000 and wouldn't budge. I did the scan, radioed to the > field I was going down and was lucky enough, God was in my right seat) to > land in a small farmers field. No injury, no damage to the plane. As it > was, there were 8 or 10 people at the airport doing some hangar flying. In > less than twenty minutes a force was organized and trailer made available to > get the plane out of the field and back to the airport. I'm a new pilot and > I'm still learning, but the response was awe inspiring and the results were > good, complete and darn near > > miraculous > > . > > > > Two lessons learned I want to share > > > > Vapor lock caused the incident and I've permanently switched to 100LL. > > > > President Bush was right. With the cooperative spirit and automatic > response we have to help each other (all out when neccesary) are what make > this country a place to be proud of and part of. > > > > N7526C, Sidney NY > > > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Sid.bAhN69 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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