I have just spent the afternoon draining copious amounts of water from my header tank. Yes, it happens even here in Arizona. The probable cause was a crack in the cap on the sight tube gauge allowing some of the recent rain to get inside. Some of it may have been due to condensation. No problem with the wing tanks. The first clue was a fair amount of condensation on the sight tube itself. So, if you have a sight tube, periodically check the cap for cracks.
Regards Charles McKinnie ---------- > From: Jack Gocha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: CALXA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: water - safety > Date: Thursday, March 19, 1998 4:25 PM > > Harry > At 10:06 PM 3/18/98 EST, you wrote: > "With Spring just around the corner, I would like to share with you a note I > sent to the Ercoupe Owners Club a few years ago. You can't be too careful when > checking for water. Continentals will not run on water, or air!!!", etc., > etc., > Harry Francis > 93530 > BCB > *********************************************************************** > Harry > I agree whole heartily. Did you know that Skyport Services sells Glass or > Lexan covered "Rain Proof" float type gas caps. I have one on the header > tank as well as on the left wing tank. They completely cover the float > wires keeping precipitation out. > > In addition to that I drain about 4 ozs of gas from the Gascolator, even > though it is the, see through, glass type and 4 ozs from each wing sump, > before each and every flight. However your statement about water in the > fuel pump has given me something to think about. > > I would prefer keeping the tanks full, unfortunately at 4608 runway > elevation I only add gas before each flight, depending on who and what > weight I am going to carry. In addition to that my Coupe weighs in at 924 > lbs (about 100 lbs more than it is supposed to weigh). > > Good advise, thanks a lot. > > Jack > N103JF, SN:745 > > >
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