Steve: My wing tanks do have vents in the caps. The new ones are forward facing and the old were on top. I never fill the header tank and always the mains to 1 inch below the top. This allows adequate room for expansion.
Regards Charles McKinnie F-1A, N3050G, GEU -----Original Message----- From: Steve Dold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, October 01, 1998 9:01 AM Subject: Header draining, shaking at certain RPMs > >After getting a few responses, apparently our plane is fairly normal in >these areas. Good deal. > >The 1800-2000 RPM range isn't too important to me, except occasionally >when "fixing" a too-low approach. > >Not knowing what's in the fuel pump, I didn't know if THAT was a problem. >Interestingly, this plane doesn't have vents for the wing tanks that dump >the fuel >overboard. Instead, the wing tanks are vented to the top of the header >tank. > >The wing tank caps make an impressive seal, sometimes I take them off and >fuel >pours out, I guess from the excess that has drained from the header. It >isn't a problem, yet. One of these days the caps will start leaking and >I'll have >blue stains on the wings. > >----------------------------------- >Steve Dold ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >Say NO to useless over-quoting >-----------------------------------
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