> Like Wayne, I have never had a problem with vapor-lock, or the engine quitting in my Alon in my eight years of ownership. Although there was an ATC approval for using auto fuel in my airplane when I bought it, I chose not to use it. Why? I have heard stories of other airplanes having vapor-lock problems when using auto gas. Notably, these were Cherokee 140s and Cessna 152s. Flying is not a cheap sport. This should be realised going in. Cutting corners by using automotive oil, automotive fuels and non-approved parts, in my mind, is penny wise, dollar foolish and is courting disaster! George Frebert
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:13:04 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Folks, > > There is a service bulletin on the Alons to modify the fuel system to avoid > potential vapor lock problems. This may be the problem that John Wright was > talking about. I have heard of a few instances of Alon engines quiting due > to vapor lock. The guy that I bought mine back from had it happen to him. > Luckily he was able to put it back down on the remaining runway. He then had > the modifications described in the service bulletin done on the plane. I > flew this same plane for about 300 hours before the mods were done ( when I > owned it 15 years ago) but I never had any problem with vapor lock. I don't > know if he had the vapor lock with auto fuel or avgas. The plane is STC'd > for auto gas, but I never use it. > > Did anyone happen to get a tape recording of the Coupe forum at Sun n Fun?? > > Wayne DelRossi > Alon N5618F > __________________________________________________________________________ ______ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________ > Enlighten your in-box. http://www.topica.com/t/15 _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ Enlighten your in-box. http://www.topica.com/t/15
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