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There's a known issue on the Alons at least, which as Greg aptly noted is related to how the fuel lines are routed. Basically, if there are kinks or too steep an upward incline, there can be a problem. Leslie >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] More 87 Octane Controversy >Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:04:26 -0700 > >----[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 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ==^================================================================ 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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